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LAST UPDATE | 12 Jan 2023
THOUSANDS OF HOMES and businesses are without power this evening as strong and gusty winds batter the country.
A Status Yellow wind warning is currently in place for the entire country until 2am tomorrow.
A Status Orange wind warning was also in place for Donegal until 8pm this evening.
The UK Met Office has also placed Northern Ireland under a Status Yellow warning for wind until 3pm tomorrow.
Met Éireann has warned of the possibility of downed trees, power outages and travel disruption across the country as a result of the weather conditions.
ESB is reporting on its website that thousands of customers across the country are being impacted by power outages this evening.
A spokesperson for ESB said the outages are not out of line with what would be expected during conditions like this at this time of the year.
ESB crews have been mobilised and will continue to work through the night to restore power to those affected.
Looking at the forecast for tonight, Met Éireann says winds will gradually weaken to a fresh westerly wind. However, showers will continue. There will be a continued chance of isolated hail, most liekly in Atlantic counties.
Temperatures will drop as low as 3 degrees tonight.
There will be showers and sunny spells to start tomorrow. The showers are forecast to dry out towards midday and it will become mostly sunny for a time.
Outbreaks of rain, however, will spread from the west later in the afternoon and evening.
It’s forecast to be a wet night tomorrow as rain from the southwest spreads to all areas. Scattered showers are expected to follow.
With reporting by Jamie McCarron
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Very windy in Dublin, lots of trees down! I wonder how many of Damien English’s properties are without power.
Why can we not comment on the latest rogue politician, Damien English. Does every politician need to have 2 houses, no wonder we have a housing crisis, when there is such a vested interest.
@Brendan Barr: censorship by the journal, disturbing and disgraceful, I used to trust this platform
@Robert Boyd: I read a story today on the Irish Independent app. I scrolled down to comment only to find they have no comment section at all. Disturbing and disgraceful – I can’t believe they are openly censoring the Irish people like that.
Why why why are comments closed by the journal about the fact that Damien English resigned only after he was exposed,
sorry for posting this here but the journal are sensoring comments on this story
There’ll be lots of banjaxed brollies.
sorry for posting this here, but why is the journal censoring comments about Damien English resignation after he was exposed, comments are being blocked
Damien English stepped down to save the integrity of the ministry but didn’t step down from being a TD. Does that mean Verruca is saying TD’s doesn’t require any integrity to hold a seat
The Answers are Blowin in the Wind….
It’s more than a status yellow in Mayo. The met office is afraid to give a right warning.
@Conor Oneill: Exactly what I was thinking. If this is a code yellow I don’t want to ever see a red. As a guy I knew would say ” A bad day bagging feathers”
liekly
Pretty blowy in Wicklow.
Windy weather, but no hot air.
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