Bad news for just about everyone in the country who had anything planned for the weekend.

Met Eireann have issued an orange weather alert over the weekend for Connacht, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary.

They're telling people in those areas to expect "widespread, very heavy rain, with some thundery downpours will develop Thursday night and persist through Friday, leading to spot flooding and possibly accumulations of 35 to 50mm, but up to 70mm possibly on hilly ground and on mountains".

The rest of the country isn't getting off lightly either though, with a yellow warning being issued to those in Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Waterford.

"Heavy falls of rain will develop during Friday and Friday night, leading to spot flooding, possible accumulations of 25 to 35mm possible".

Via Met Eireann