Significant flooding and hazardous travelling conditions are expected as Met Éireann issues a Status Orange rain warning for three counties tomorrow. The warning will be in effect for Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow from 2pm tomorrow until 11am on Saturday. The Orange rain warning is one of a number of warnings issued by the forecaster, with heavy rain forecast in many parts of the country. Go to link in bio for more | RTÉ News

A mountain in Co Leitrim that once hosted one of the largest coal mining sites in the west of Ireland has become a European case study for large-scale wetland restoration. Around 40 farmers on Bencroy Mountain are carrying out restoration techniques that may be rolled out in scale across the EU, if successful. The site is part of a five-year EU Horizon wetlands conservation project being delivered in Ireland. The restoration project includes three main actions - erosion control, drain management