Met Éireann warnings
Ready before the storm has a name.
Plain, independent preparedness for Irish homes: your county's warnings and contacts, practical guides, and a home plan that stays on your phone.
Where are you?
Your county page has the live warnings, the outage and water numbers, and who to ring locally.
Location is checked on your device. Your coordinates are never sent to us.
All 26 counties
- CeatharlachCarlow
- An CabhánCavan
- An ClárClare
- CorcaighCork
- Dún na nGallDonegal
- Baile Átha CliathDublin
- GaillimhGalway
- CiarraíKerry
- Cill DaraKildare
- Cill ChainnighKilkenny
- LaoisLaois
- LiatroimLeitrim
- LuimneachLimerick
- An LongfortLongford
- LúLouth
- Maigh EoMayo
- An MhíMeath
- MuineachánMonaghan
- Uíbh FhailíOffaly
- Ros ComáinRoscommon
- SligeachSligo
- Tiobraid ÁrannTipperary
- Port LáirgeWaterford
- An IarmhíWestmeath
- Loch GarmanWexford
- Cill MhantáinWicklow
County boundaries: Tailte Éireann open data, CC BY 4.0. Simplified for local lookup. Near a boundary, choose your county below.
This month
October: storm season, and the clocks are changing
Check lighting, warmth and your winter contacts.
- Check the torch and the radio, and charge the power bank on a calm evening.
- Save your ESB Networks fault number and your county water line in your phone.
- Check supplies and clear drains before the next warning, when it is safe to do so.
What are you getting ready for?
Storms
Before, during and the morning after.
Power cuts
Light, heat, phones and the fridge.
Flooding
Rising water, roads and insurance.
Snow and cold
Pipes, heating and getting about.
Water outages
Boil notices and stored water.
Phones and internet
Staying in touch when the mast is down.
Cash and payments
When the card machines stop.
Wider crises
The official booklet, read sensibly.
The plan is made on a calm day.
Two minutes at the kitchen table: who you would ring, what stops working in your house, how much water to keep. Your answers stay on your device. Nothing is sent to us.
Official information
prepared.ie works alongside the official services, never instead of them. It gathers their advice in one place, adds practical tips for coping at home through storms, floods and power cuts, and keeps the numbers you need for your county together on one page. In an emergency, always follow the emergency services.