Limerick fire brigade yesterday pumped hundreds of gallons of flood water from Clare Street, on the Dublin Road in the city. The former mayor of Limerick, Mr Kieran O'Hanlon, had by last night arranged a meeting with city engineering department officials for Clare Street residents, who say this is the third time they have been flooded in two months.
A number of secondary roads leading into Limerick city were still under water last night, causing traffic to be diverted to higher approach roads.
Hundreds of acres of low-lying land between Rathkeale and Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, were under several feet of water last night after the Deel river continued to overflow its banks.
Roads to Knockaderry are also cut off by flood water.
The Automobile Association's Roadwatch office said surface water on the roads throughout Munster was causing particular problems. It warned motorists to take extra care.
The AA said, because of the weather conditions, braking power would be dramatically reduced. It told drivers that the speed factor could become a problem unless great care was taken in the conditions.
In Galway some 600 telephone subscribers in the city centre were left without services due to a fault in an underground cable caused by flooding.
Those affected included shops and businesses in the Shop Street, Dominic Street and Nun's Island areas.
Gardai in Co Clare advised motorists travelling from Ennis to Lahinch and Ennistymon to take an alternative route via Corofin, because of flooding on the main Ennis-Lahinch road.
However, it was the south-east which took the brunt of the heavy rain yesterday, with 33 millimetres recorded at Met Eireann's station at Rosslare in less than 12 hours before noon. More rain is forecast for this area again today.
"There is a risk of some heavy falls of rain there up until nightfall," a spokesman said.
"There is still a lot of cloud in places that have had heavy rain. There will be further outbreaks. There is still a threat of heavy rain for the south-east and south, particularly later in the day."
Ulster and north Leinster had mainly dry weather with little or no rain yesterday.
There was a "fair amount" of rain in Connacht throughout the day. "It was not particularly heavy except in the early hours of the morning," according to Met Eireann.
Some 10 millimetres of rain was recorded at the Knock station between midnight and 6 a.m.
"After that it was just fractions of millimetres," the spokesman added.