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 cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport.

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

Storm Eowyn brought severe destruction across Ireland overnight. Met Eireann reported gusts of 185kmh at Mace Head, Co Galway which smashed the old all time record of 182kmh in Limerick in 1945. Over 560,000 homes and businesses have been left without power this morning.

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

A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest 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"