Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for Dublin valid until 6 pm on Wednesday 17th. October. They forecast that “some local flooding is possible from the rain but coastal flooding is also a threat due to additional combination of spring tides, low pressure and SE gales and some high seas tomorrow”.

Between 1 am on Wednesday 17th October and 1 30 am on Thursday 18th October there will be a total of three very high tides in a row.  These high tides are above the City Council’s tide watch level and just below the Council’s tide alert level. Following a meeting of the City Council’s Flooding Assessment Group the following precautionary actions are being taken:

The Liffey Boardwalk defences are being closed on Wednesday morning.

• The car parks at Sandymount promenade and at Clontarf are being closed tonight.
• The flood defences on the River Tolka are being put in place.
• Drainage crews are being mobilised.
• The flood gates on the River Dodder have already been closed. There may be very localised wave overtopping in parts of Sandymount and Clontarf.

Dublin City Council maintains a stock of sandbags at various locations for strategic purposes and will be deployed by Drainage staff, if required.