Weatherday: 'History will absolve me'

Lake scene at Altamont, Carlow (2022).

It's going to be a messy one, with rain setting in from mid-morning, becoming heavy over lunchtime. Clearances with showers in the late afternoon.

A Yellow wind warning will see westerly winds associated with Storm Dudley blowing strong, with gusts, continuing through the evening. Highest temperature 12deg.

On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba after defeating the forces of dictator General Fulgencio Batista.

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