Fastest ever Irish recorded 114mph wind rocks Ireland overnight - Met Eireann’s Gerry Murphy on historic Storm Éowyn. Wind gusts of over 90 miles per hour have been recorded in

Parts of Ireland and Northern Ireland are grappling with the devastating impact of Storm Eowyn, which hit early Friday with wind speeds exceeding 180 kilometers per hour (112 miles per hour). The storm has forced public transport to come to a standstill,

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

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing

Met Eireann issued a series of Red Weather Warnings for all of Ireland that came into effect at various times through Friday morning. Red Weather Warnings are extremely dangerous and destructive and pose a danger to life. Record wind speeds have been recorded from Storm Eoghan and already over 500,000 homes in Ireland are without power.

Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national meteorological service, said that the country had faced wind gusts of 114mph in County Galway– the highest recorded wind speeds ever recorded on the island.

Storm Eowyn has broken Ireland's wind speed record, with Met Eireann recording an average wind speed of nearly 135km/h recorded at Mace Head in County Galway early this morning. H

The record-breaking wind speed was recorded at Mace Head in Co Galway at 5am on Friday. Met Eireann said it is "provisionally the strongest gust speed ever recorded in Ireland"