A Status Orange wind warning has been issued for the entire country as Storm Éowyn makes its way towards Ireland.
Met Éireann says Friday morning will see severe, damaging and destructive winds with gusts of up to 130 kilometres widely across the country- and even higher gusts for a time.
The Orange wind warning comes into effect at 2am Friday morning until 5pm Friday evening with the potential for fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages, structural damage and very difficult travelling conditions.
Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly says the storm could be as bad as Storm Ophelia in 2017:
"But this looks like the most significant storm I've seen on weather forecasting models since probably Ophelia. Now I'm not saying it'll be as bad as Ophelia for some areas, but it could be. There is a possibility that it will be close to that where the strongest of the winds come into the Southwest or the West, obviously, as this storm hasn't even developed fully yet tracking it and the exact track will change. So I'd imagine Met Éireann will be updating and possibly upgrading."
