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

Nearly a quarter of a million customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland, as crews continue to repair "unprecedented" damage to the electricity network caused by Storm Éowyn. Friday's storm brought record wind speeds, with Irish weather service Met Éireann recording 183km/h (114mph) in Mace Head, County Galway.

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Storm Éowyn, a tempest of remarkable ferocity, has swept across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, leaving a trail of disruption and prompting the issuance of unprecedented red weather warnings across both regions.

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 local time on Friday onwards and will end at varying times.

Ireland's Electrical Supply Board has said it will be "at least a week" before power is restored to all customers due to Storm Éowyn.

As fear builds over the arrival of Storm Éowyn into Ireland later this week, Met Éireann has issued a series of Status Red wind warnings – which cover 22 out of 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland. The red alerts are scheduled to take effect from early Friday morning until later that day (22 January).

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

More than 150,000 customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland ... in Mace Head, County Galway. ESB Networks said about 180,000 are without power three days after the storm hit, and ...

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

Record high winds from Storm Éowyn​​​​​​​ 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.

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