Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

A man has been extradited from Northern Ireland to the Republic to stand trial over a fatal crash in Co Donegal.

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

The PSNI arrested two men in relation to the incident which resulted in one man being airlifted to hospital and another taken by ambulance.

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Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years.

The PSNI has confirmed it is assisting Gardaí in relation to Monday morning’s brutal assault which left a young east Donegal man fighting for his life. Charles Dooher (26) received a severe beating when a gang of five hooded men broke into his Lifford home in broad daylight.

A man has been airlifted to hospital in Belfast after he and his father were attacked at a house in Lifford, County Donegal, near the border with Northern Ireland. Gardaí (Irish police ...

23 January 2025 All Schools Advised To Close Due To Storm Éowyn The Education Authority has advised all schools across Northern Ireland to close on Friday, 24th January, due to the severe weather conditions expected from Storm Éowyn.

Work was underway to remove hundreds of trees blocking roads and railway lines in the wake of the system, named Storm Éowyn by weather authorities.

A powerful "bomb cyclone" named Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) will pummel parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom with fierce winds and heavy rainfall on Friday, and it has roots in the historic winter storm that just hit the U.S. Gulf Coast Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) — Emergency crews began cleaning up Saturday after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.