Storm Éowyn has begun battering Northern Ireland, bringing with it winds of more than 90mph and leaving 93,000 homes and businesses without power. Red warnings are in place in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the first time.

Storm Eowyn barrelled in from the Atlantic Friday causing havoc across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut,

Hurricane-strength winds battered Ireland and the UK early Friday morning, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power and disrupting transport across the region. Winter Storm Éowyn brought record gusts of 183km (114 miles) per hour in Galway in the west of Ireland,