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There was flooding in parts of Northern Ireland after heavy and persistent rain overnight into Friday.

More than 4cm of rain was recorded at Murlough in County Down between 18:00 GMT on Thursday and 12:00 on Friday.

Derrylin, Glenanne, Banagher and Ballywatticock stations recorded just under 3cm of rain in the same period.

Trafficwatch NI reported a car stuck in flood water on the Island Road in Ballycarry in County Antrim on Friday morning.

The Department for Infrastructure also reported that flooding had caused cars to come off the road and into a field in Dundrum, County Down.

Some Ulsterbus routes were affected.

A number of roads were affected by flooding on Friday morning and some businesses had to close or partially close as a result of the overnight rain.

The weather warning for Northern Ireland came into force at midnight on Thursday and lasted until 10:00 GMT on Friday.

In the Republic of Ireland, a warning for rain was issued across Connacht and counties Donegal, Cavan, and Longford.

Met Éireann warned that heavy rain would cause some flooding. That warning expired at 08:00 local time on Friday.

A wind warning was also issued in parts of the Republic of Ireland.

A white Christmas was officially declared in Northern Ireland, the first since 2017, after sleet fell in counties Londonderry and Armagh.

The weather station at Lough Fea recorded the wintry weather at about 17:00 GMT on Christmas Day, according to the Met Office.

Meanwhile, an ice warning was issued across Ireland on Christmas night as temperatures plummeted below freezing.