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,

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.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home

Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are braced for one of the most intense storms in decades, with forecasters warning of extremely rare hurricane force winds and a danger to life

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