Co Donegal Wind speed records have been broken in the Republic of Ireland with hurricane-force sustained winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) at Mace Head, County Galway Northern Ireland's political leaders ...

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Powerful wind and rain from Storm Eowyn battered homes in Galway, Ireland, today. Dramatic footage captured by resident Aishling Delaney shows overturned bins and a wooden wall knocked over in the back garden on January 24.

County Galway. Meanwhile, further weather warnings have been issued across Northern Ireland ahead of Storm Herminia. The system is not forecast to be as severe for Northern Ireland as Storm Éowyn.

Two red weather warnings are in place as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

A "sting jet" was behind the fastest-ever wind gusts recorded in Ireland, the Met Office says. The record wind speed of 114mph was recorded in Mace Head in County Galway this morning. Satellite imagery suggests a sting jet developed around 5am,

A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.

Storm Eowyn caused havoc Friday as it battered Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, killing one person and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut, officials said.

DUBLIN : Record high winds from storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving almost one-third of homes and businesses without power and forcing cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport.

From widespread destruction at Blacksod to a football stadium damaged in the midlands, no county was left undamaged as the storm moved across the country