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

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.

Five years after Brexit, Northern Ireland is still trying to adapt to a new model that keeps the British province halfway between London, Dublin, and Brussels, with tensions arising between historically divided communities,

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

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,

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

More rainy and windy weather battered the U.K. and Ireland on Sunday, with a gust of 82 mph (132 kph) recorded at Predannack in southwest England. It was part of a new system named Storm Herminia by weather authorities in Spain, which was bracing for severe impact.

Child income poverty has fluctuated more in Northern Ireland than in the Republic of Ireland, according to a new report.

There are warnings of danger to life, fallen electric lines, damaged infrastructure and widespread power outages

A man has been extradited from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland over a fatal crash in Co Donegal almost eight years ago.

Under-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan.