More than 715,000 homes are without power in the Republic of Ireland as Storm Éowyn causes chaos across the island. In Donegal alone, 86,000 households were left without electricity on Friday morning.

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.

The storm brought record-breaking winds as it battered Ireland, Scotland and northern England on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers were in the dark.

Very dangerous conditions, like fallen trees on roads, are expected - like this one during Storm Darragh in December Storm Éowyn has begun battering Northern Ireland, bringing with it winds of more than 90mph and leaving 93,