As Storm Amy continued to lash much of the island with high winds, heavy rain and coastal sea surges, a man has died in a weather-related incident in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, on Friday afternoon.
The Garda Press Office said that a man in his 40s was fatally injured in the incident at a domestic residence, which occurred at around 1615 hours on Friday.
“The body of the man was removed to the morgue at Letterkenny University Hospital, where a post mortem examination will be carried out in due course,”it said.
Met Éireann has issued a storm warning from Valentia to Erris Head to Fair Head, with southwesterly winds set to reach storm force 10. It said southerly winds, veering westerly, would reach gale force 8 or higher across all coasts of Ireland and on the Irish Sea.
Gardai said that as the Donegal incident was ongoing, no further details were available.
It warned of dangerous travelling conditions, fallen trees and damage to power lines, along with wave overtopping, and said the Red weather warning in place till 1800 on Friday in Connacht and Clare would be replaced by an Orange warning until 2200 hours.
There is also a Yellow warning across the island until midnight, with strong winds across all coasts.
About 184,000 homes, farmers and businesses were reported to be without power on the west coast, extending from Donegal to Galway and across to Cavan in the north-east
A new provisional wind speed record for Northern Ireland has been recorded with a gust of 148 kilometres per hour recorded.
Ireland's record wind speed is 183 km/h (114 mph), set at Mace Head in County Galway during Storm Éowyn on January 24, 2025. This gust broke the previous record of 182 km/h, which had stood since 1945.
Galway city escaped serious flooding, in spite of high levels on the river Corrib and wave overtopping .
South-westerly winds drove waves over piers, with Sean Strain filming the conditions in An Spidéal, Co Galway on Friday afternoon.
