Gardaí reported that a man died during the storm, which also brought localised flooding, fallen trees, transport disruption and school closures.

Alan Mahy is now constantly monitoring the weather forecasts and has called on Met Éireann to issue flood warnings as well as wind and rain warnings in forecasts.

Parts of counties Wicklow and Wexford have seen snow and sleet today

This is only the third time that has happened, according to Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather

It comes after temperatures hit highs of 21.6 degrees in Roscommon, in warm sunshine this bank holiday weekend

The worst of Storm Kathleen appears to be over, but there is still a status yellow warning in place for three counties while 2,000 homes are still without power

The unsettled conditions are set to continue with some areas to get four times the usual amount of rain over the next week