Storm Austen: Ireland braces for first storm of the season The first named storm of the season will bring heavy rain and strong winds on Thursday night. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• 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