Met Eireann reports that there were new records set overnight for average wind speed and gusts due to storm Éowyn. A gust of 183 km/h was recorded at Mace Head, county Galway, breaking the previous record of 182 km/h which has stood since 1945. The highest mean wind speed since the storm began was 130 km/h at Mace Head, which is a hurricane force wind.
Red wind warnings remain in place for County Tipperary until 11am today – Red warnings in Limerick and Cork will expire at 10am. A Status Orange warning will come into effect at 11am until noon and then a Status Yellow wind warning will be in place until 4pm according to updates issued earlier this morning. There are reports of fallen trees and debris across the county. The streets of Tipperary were extremely quiet earlier today as the public observed the advice to “Shelter in Place” during the Red Warning.

The Red warnings are issued when there is a danger to life – the situation in the west and north west remains very dangerous with damage and flooding being reported.
Nationally over 715,000 customers are without power as of 8am including thousands in county Tipperary. ESB networks will assess the faults when safe to do so and will then post estimated times for the repairs to be completed on the website www.powercheck.ie. The company expects further outages and warns the public to treat any fallen power lines as live. These can be reported to ESB Networks by calling 1800 372 999.
Mobile phone lines and broadband networks have also been damaged by the storm and Vodafone says it has triple the normal crews on hand to commence repairs when safe to do so.
There is no public transport until the Red warnings have expired and staff are able to get to work and assess routes.