Mr Harris said he and Mr Benn discussed repealing and replacing the Legacy Act as well as commitments under the newly formed Irish Government.

The orange wind warning for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow, and Munster is set to expire at 4pm on Friday, as throusands remain without power.

General Manager of Trump Doonbeg, Joe Russell, said on Friday that the resort has recorded “the highest ever number in new membership sales” this month at the resort

A gust of almost 93mph was recorded in Co Down.

According to the ESB's powercheck map, the places with the most power fault clusters include areas around Kilkenny, Meath, Clare, Longford, and Sligo.

Police said they received a report that a gun was pointed at a resident in the Channing Street area

There were a total of 72 patients waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick

An estimated 70,000 homes and businesses were without power across the mid west region as Storm Éowyn continued raging across the country

Cork South West and Dublin South West were the least well provisioned constituencies with 2.2 children per creche place.

The emergency services are at the scene of the incident on the N14 Lifford to Letterkenny road at Feddyglass

Police said Friday is expected to see the strongest winds in the region since the St Stephen's Day storm in 1998 which caused widespread disruption.

There are trees down right across the county and power outages for more than 20,000 homes and businesses in the county

Thermal gilets have been issued after gardaí complained their uniform was not warm enough.

One story dominates the front pages of Friday’s newspapers.

Connacht secretary John Prenty said the multi-million euro structure is fully insured and that they intend to rebuild it

Gardaí in Bray are continuing to investigate all of the circumstances surrounding his death.

She was arrested on Wednesday along with a man in his 50's as part of Operation Fogra in North Dublin.

Mr Doherty said Mr Lowry should ‘come clean’ about his involvement in a bid to purchase property related to Doncaster Rovers.

The figures are a long way off what was predicted by outgoing Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien.

Storm Éowyn is predicted to be one of the 'most dangerous storms' to ever hit Ireland