Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national meteorological service, said that the country had faced wind gusts of 114mph in County Galway– the highest recorded wind speeds ever recorded on the island.

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

The Met Office issued the red alert for Northern Ireland until 14:00 GMT, emphasizing the severity of the situation.

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday (Jan 24), leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann warning of a possible "danger to life". The alert comes into effect at varying times from 02:00 on Friday and will end at varying times. Met Éireann has warned that "severe, damaging and destructive winds" are expected, with gusts of up to 130km/h.

More than 93,000 homes and business in Northern Ireland are currently without power, NIE has confirmed. Dozens of flights have also been cancelled at Belfast airports this morning as high winds from Storm Éowyn begin to batter Northern Ireland.

There are warnings of danger to life, fallen electric lines, damaged infrastructure and widespread power outages

Thousands without power across island of Ireland as storm clean-up begins - It could take days to reconnect power supplies after the severe storm blew across the island on Friday.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.