A status yellow weather warning is being issued for the whole country.
The first named storm of the season will bring heavy rain and strong winds on Thursday night.
Storm Austen has been named by the UK Met Office.
A status yellow weather warning for rain has been issued for the whole country by Met Éireann.
It begins at 7pm on Thursday and runs until Friday morning.
The storm's expected to bring heavy rain, difficult travelling conditions and localised flooding is possible.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather, says the worst of the winds will pass Ireland:
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