The top-level red warning for wind is in place in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland from early on Friday morning
Storm Éowyn has already set a wind speed record as 114mph gales were recorded in Ireland this morning, forecasters have said.
Met Éireann said the highest gust record of 182km/h set in 1945 at Foynes in County Limerick has provisionally been broken as a gust of 183km/h was recorded at Mace Head in County Galway at 5am. The Irish Meteorological Service said: “This is provisionally the strongest gust speed ever recorded in Ireland.”
The top-level red warning for wind is in place in both the the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from early on Friday morning. Schools and colleges across Ireland are set to close and public transport come to a halt amid powerful gusts with warnings of danger to life, fallen electric lines, damaged infrastructure and widespread power outages.
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