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

TRAVEL chaos caused by Storm Eowyn has forced a change in referee for Leinster’s game against the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship. The devastating storm has wreaked havoc across

Micheál Martin became Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in his political career on Thursday, a day later than planned.

The red warning for the whole of Northern Ireland will be in force until 14:00 on Friday. It is the first time a red weather warning has been issued for Northern Ireland since an impact-based system was introduced in 2011.

Storm Éowyn – pronounced "ay-oh-win" – and the fifth named storm of the season will undergo rapid development during Thursday as it moves across the Atlantic. It will be fuelled by a very powerful jet stream which is fast moving air high in the atmosphere where wind speeds are around 260mph (418km/h).

Northern Ireland will enjoy stronger export growth than the rest of the United Kingdom due to its more "favourable" trading relationship with the European Union under Brexit arrangements, according to the Economic and Social Research Institiute.

Hundreds of flights are canceled and ground transportation is suspended as a severe winter storm sweeps across the UK and Ireland on Friday.