Roads across Cork are being closed due to the heavy rainfall brought about by Storm Gerrit.

The L-4624 near Ballineen in West Cork is impassable due to flooding, as is the R587 Dunmanway to Macroom road.

In North Cork, the L-1226 which links the N72 to Killavullen is closed due to flooding, including Longfields Bridge and Killavullen Bridge. 

So too is the R-621, which connects the Navigation Road by Cork Racecourse, Mallow to the Quartertown Road.

The County Council has erected the demountable flood defences in Mallow and all penstocks have now been closed.

Meanwhile in East Cork, the L-2991 on Great Island is passable again. 

Orange Weather Warning

Yesterday, a Status Orange Weather Warning for rainfall was issued for Kerry and West Cork. 

Today, a new Status Orange Wind Warning will be in place for Counties Clare, Cork, Kerry and Galway as well. 

“We’re going to see some very strong winds moving to western counties this afternoon,” Met Éireann spokesperson Mark Browe said. 

“That’s going to spread throughout the country through the later part of the afternoon and into the evening. 

“It is going to bring some very heavy and potentially some thundery showers with it.”

The Orange Warning will remain in place until midnight.

Main image: A rainy day in Cork. Picture by: AG News/Alamy Live News