DUBLINERS are seeing conditions start to look up this week following a weekend of heavy storms. Storm Eowyn left a trail of destruction on Friday, with schools, businesses and public transport

Status Red weather warnings are now active right across the island of Ireland as the country battles Storm Eowyn's hurricane force winds. More than 500,000 people are without power with more outages expected throughout the day.

We’re about to see the back of Storm Eowyn – but the miserable UK weather isn’t going with it. Eowyn (pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’) pelted the UK yesterday with record-breaking 114mph winds – the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane.

The Met Office has issued the strongest possible weather warnings for a 'once in a generation' storm that has already shut down the island of Ireland and has moved on to Scotland