Heads up Munster and Leinster, your Thursday is about to get a lot wetter.
Met Éireann have just upgraded their weather alert warning to orange, with spells of very heavy thundery rain and localised flooding occurring in parts of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford, with up to 40 to 70 mm of rain expected between now and Friday morning.
So maybe cancel your plans and just hole up for the night. Or invest in a canoe