Met Eireann has admitted that an orange weather warning should have been in place for County Wexford on Christmas Day
An orange weather warning comes into effect when more than fifty millimetres of rain falls in a twenty four period
58.9 millimetres was recorded in Johnstown Castle on the day
A spokesperson for Met Eireann told South East Radio News that given their modelling of the situation on Christmas Eve no more than fifty millimetres was expected
Thousands of euro worth of flood damage was caused to homes and properties, with worst effected areas being Enniscorthy, Bridgetown and Duncormick
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