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

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann warning of a possible "danger to life". The alert comes into effect at varying times from 02:00 on Friday and will end at varying times. Met Éireann has warned that "severe, damaging and destructive winds" are expected, with gusts of up to 130km/h.

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Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

Storm Éowyn is about to hit the U.K. and Ireland as forecasters warn the explosive "bomb cyclone" will bring snow, rain and potentially deadly superfast winds.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

Almost one million homes, farms and businesses in the Republic and Northern Ireland are without power as record-breaking wind speeds swept across the island.ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island,

A powerful storm has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused massive travel disruptions in the United Kingdom.

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