Storm Éowyn will rip across the country on Friday morning with the entire country hit with Status Red warnings

As of 9am on Thursday, there are eight Red Weather Warnings in place from Met Eireann. There is also a Status Orange Wind Warning for all of Ireland from midnight until 4pm tomorrow. The Status Red Weather Warnings are as follows.

A Status Red wind warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Roscommon and Tipperary from 6am on Friday until 11am on Friday. A Status Red wind warning for Donegal from 7am on Friday until 2pm on Friday.

Storm Éowyn is barrelling towards the west coast set to bring one of the worst wind storms in decades to Ireland within hours. Met Éireann is urging extreme caution as the severe Status Red storm system threatens to deliver a clattering of 'violent Storm force winds' and gusts above 130km/h.

Storm Éowyn – pronounced "ay-oh-win" – is the fifth named storm of the season and is this morning developing rapidly as it moves towards us. It is being fuelled by a very powerful jet stream - fast moving air high in the atmosphere where wind speeds are around 260mph (418km/h).

Ireland is braced for Storm Eowyn bringing 'danger to life' conditions, with Status Red warnings now issued for 22 counties. It comes as an update has been issued on school closures.

The entire country is bracing for Storm Éowyn on Friday as Met Éireann has now issued a Status Red wind warning for all counties. Carlow, Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford are the latest counties affected by Met Éireann's warnings.

The weather across Ireland is set to take a drastic turn this week with fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages and structural damage expected when the storm hits

Ireland should brace itself for storm force winds, heavy rain, sleet and snow, beginning on Thursday night when Storm Éowyn makes landfall. Met Éireann has issued an advisory for strong to gale force winds and heavy rain with the possibility of snow in western parts.

A red weather warning has been issued for Northern Ireland on Friday, as dangerous Storm Éowyn heads towards the UK. The red warning for wind, posing a danger to life, has been issued, while an amber warning is in place for parts of Scotland and the north of England,

The whole country will be under a status red "danger to life" warning on Friday as Storm Éowyn is set to bring "severe, damaging, and destructive winds". The storm is set to hit the country in the early hours of Friday morning.