Several cows were killed in a lightning strike near Kilkee in Co Clare yesterday.
More thunderstorms are expected today, with a weather advisory issued for the whole country.
The new advisory is valid from 6am today until 11pm tonight, with the forecaster saying more warnings are expected to follow.
Deirdre Lowe from the Met Office says the stormy weather will spread from the west, which has been worst hit so far, to the east and to parts of Ulster
