WEEKEND TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL:AA Roadwatch are advising drivers to be careful when driving this evening as there is a lot of surface water on roads - especially the Naas Road - as well as some localised flooding in areas.
Major traffic diversions will be in place from 12 midday to 3.00 p.m. on Sunday, October 13th on the main Dublin to Galway road at Loughrea.
Traffic travelling from Galway to Dublin will be diverted at the junction of the Athenry Road and Mount Carmel Crescent.Traffic travelling from Dublin to Galway will be diverted at Bride Street. Gardaí will be on point duty at all junctions and diversion signs will be in place to advise motorists of alternative routes.
For those using rail services this weekend work on the replacement of East Wall Road Bridge, the country's most struck bridge, continues this coming weekend. Level crossing resurfacing work is also taking place between Howth and Howth Junction.
This will result in the rail line being closed between Connolly Station and Clontarf Road all day Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October. DARTs to and from Malahide and Howth Junction, and Drogheda suburban services will operate to a limited timetable, with bus transfers between Tara Street and Clontarf Road.
The Belfast Enterprise service will operate to a full timetable, with departures up to 40 minutes earlier than normal from Dublin, and bus transfers between Connolly and Drogheda Station. Southside DART services between Connolly and Bray/Greystones will operate normally.
Between Howth and Howth Junction, there will be no DART services all day Saturday and up to 18.00hrs on Sunday. Hourly substitute bus services will operate to and from Howth during these times, serving Sutton, Bayside, Howth Junction, and Tara Street Stations.
Full details are available in special timetables at Iarnród Éireann station, by telephoning 1850 366 222 or on www.irishrail.ie. Normal services will resume on Monday 14th October.
Weatherwise, rain will clear away eastwards early tonight, but will be slow to clear from the far Northeast. Becoming dry over much of the country with patches of mist and fog, but there will be showers in the West, mainly in coastal areas. Chilly with Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees Celsius.
Saturday will be a cool bright day with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, the showers most frequent and heaviest in the West. Highest temperratures of 13 to 15 degrees with moderate West to Southwest winds.
The weather will be cool and unsettled - and at times very wet - through much of next week. Sunday will be dry over most of the region with some good sunshine, although there could be some showers especially during the afternoon. Still a few showers about on Monday, but again a lot of dry weather with some sunshine in light West to Northwest winds. Both days will be cool, with temperatures no better than the low teens. Tuesday will be cloudy and very wet with rain spreading throughout the region; that rain could well be heavy at times, and may be accompanied by very strong East or Southeast winds.