A separate warning is being issued for rain in parts of the South East of the country.
Winds of up to 119 kilometres an hour are being reported as Storm Chandra makes landfall.
Laois, Offaly and Westmeath along with the rest of the country is under a status yellow weather warning until 11 o'clock tonight.
Met Eireann is warning of fallen trees, flooding and hazardous driving conditions, along with a risk of wave overtopping near the coast.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather says the biggest problem is the rain Chandra is bringing:
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