A status yellow rainfall warning remains in place until 8am.
A status yellow rainfall warning remains in place for Laois, Offaly, Wesmeath and 16 other counties until 8 o'clock this morning.
Up to 25 millimetres of rain could fall or more could fall, with high water levels already threatening homes and businesses along the Rivers Shannon and Owenass.
An emergency aqua-dam has been inflated in the Park, Athlone as a preventative measure.
Minster for the OPW, Athlone's Kevin Boxer Moran has this update:

Minister Kevin 'Boxer' Moran speaking on The Midlands Today Show with Will Faulkner this morning.
Shannon Harbour in Offaly has also been hit with flooding; Botley Lane in Portarlington has been closed; and water levels are reportedly quite high but under control in Mountmellick along the River Owenass.

Botley Lane, Portarlington hit with flooding.
Kevin Murray's farm shop in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, has been flooded twice in recent years.
He says he's nervous the River Suck may burst its banks again:
Odilon Hunt owns a house in Deerpark in Athlone, she says it's not just a local problem:
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