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Drivers have been warned to take care tonight due to heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of the country.

Met Éireann has issued a weather warning, said heavy rain will be widespread tonight and tomorrow, with some very heavy falls in places and a risk of further flooding, particularly in the southwest and west. Southerly winds will gust up to 110km/h in some exposed places, it said.