First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly called on NIE Networks to make goodwill payments to those cut off.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly called on NIE Networks to make goodwill payments to those cut off.

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

OVER 1,000 flights have been axed at airports across the UK impacting thousands of Brits as 114mph Storm Eowyn arrives. No flights at all will operate from Edinburgh Airport between 10am and 5pm

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.

Greggs is shutting restaurants to "protect customers" amid Storm Eowyn, the bakery giant has said. Northern Ireland is in “the eye of the storm right now” first minister, Michelle O’Neill, has said with a real threat to life and property, and more than 70 reports of trees down and almost 100,000 homes and premises without power.

Emergency alerts will be sent to about 4.5 million people in at least 28 areas of both nations on Thursday evening, the government has said. BBC Weather says it could be the storm of the century for the Republic of Ireland.

Rare red weather warnings have been issued for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland as strong winds are expected across the whole of the UK on Friday. | ITV National News

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

DUBLIN, Jan 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ireland recorded its strongest-ever wind gusts on Friday as "destructive" Storm Eowyn barrelled in from the Atlantic, cutting power, grounding flights and shutting schools, officials said.

Heathrow flights cancelled as bad weather causes travel chaos across Europe - A yellow wind warning is in place until 6am on Tuesday for large parts of southern England, including the capital

Storm Eowyn has hit Britain and Ireland with “once in a generation” hurricane-force winds, cancelling more than 1,000 flights and leaving 600,000 homes and businesses without power as forecasters warn more is to come.