A Status Yellow wind warning is in place for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Kerry until 7am tomorrow.
Met Éireann said today and tonight, northwesterly winds will reach speeds of 50km/h to 65km/h with gusts of 90km/h to 110km/h, strongest on coasts,
A Status Yellow marine warning has also been issued with northwest to north winds reacing gale force 8 or stronger today and tonight on Irish coastal waters.
Meanwhile hundreds of homes and businesses are without power after winds associated with the storm swept across the country.
Atlantic coastal areas were worst affected, particularly parts of counties Cork, Kerry, Mayo and Galway, Limerick.
ESB Networks said crews are mobilised and responding to each fault and power expected to be restored to everyone over the course of the day.
We have a fault in the #Kilgarvan, #Tuosist and #Kenmare areas of #CoKerry. We are working to repair as quickly as possible. You can log a fault online here: https://t.co/6Yg87spVgS. Updates on https://t.co/VMtxFrW7FY. Apologies for the inconvenience.
— ESB Networks (@ESBNetworks) December 28, 2020
