What to know

• Storm Austen: Ireland braces for first storm of the seasonS1
• 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 T...S2
• The warning for the 26 counties will be in place from 7pm on Thursday until 8am on Friday.S3