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.

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.

Storm Éowyn has begun battering Northern Ireland, bringing with it winds of more than 90mph and leaving 93,000 homes and businesses without power. Northern Ireland has seen the highest gust in 27 years.

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

Dangerous conditions are expected with the top level red warning for wind issued for all of Ireland and parts of Scotland across Friday morning. The Met Office has issued weather warnings across the UK, but the worst of Storm Éowyn is expected to strike across the island of Ireland from early on Friday.

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.

Across the border Met Eireann has issued a rare nationwide red warning for wind across the Republic of Ireland. A Met Office spokesperson said peak rush hour wind speeds of 80-90 miles per hour are expected across Northern Ireland, with up to 100mph in some exposed locations.

Storm Eowyn is set to bring strong winds across the entire country, potentially putting lives at risk, the Met Office has warned. Gusts of more than 100mph with the small possibility of isolated tornadoes could cause power cuts, travel disruption and damage to buildings as Storm Eowyn threatens the UK.

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ESB Networks said that as of 7.50am today, there were 528,000 customers without power in the Republic of Ireland, down from 540,000 overnight. ESB Networks regional manager Siobhan Wynne said the impact of the storm has been "completely unprecedented".