Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 183 kilometres an hour overnight, the strongest since the Second World War, as a winter storm spiralled in from the Atlantic before hitting Scotland.

One person has died in Ireland and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power in the UK as Storm Éowyn brought record-breaking wind gusts. The man died when a tree fell on his car in County Donegal, Gardaí (Irish police) said.

All schools in Northern Ireland have been forced to close due to a red ‘danger to life’ weather warning caused by Storm Eowyn. Some schools across Scotland will also close their doors because of the once-in-a-century event set to bring 100mph winds.

Winds reached 100mph as Storm Eowyn left one person dead, more than a million people without power and caused significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland. Rail services, flights and ferries have been cancelled across the country as rare red weather warnings are in place on Friday in Scotland.

Flights, trains and ferries have been cancelled across the UK as 100mph pose a danger to life in parts of the UK.

The latest named weather bomb, Storm Eowyn, has already set a wind speed record as 114mph gales were recorded in Ireland, forecasters have said.

A FULL list of schools CLOSED today has been been revealed as Storm Eowyn batters the UK with 114mph winds. All schools in Northern Ireland have been forced to keep pupils at home today as a third

Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are braced for one of the most intense storms in decades, with forecasters warning of extremely rare hurricane force winds and a danger to life

Millions of people have been urged to stay at home on Friday as Storm Éowyn is set to bring potentially life-threatening winds to the north and west of the UK.

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First Minister Michelle O'Neill has "put it to" Northern Ireland Electricity to provide goodwill payments to help residents cope with the aftermath of Storm Éowyn

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly highlighted that compensation payments were available in Scotland for affected customers. Some 65,000 homes and ...