let's speak to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin, who is in donaghadee on the northeast coast ofe there in an hour. —— red weather warning. what are you seeing? hour. -- red weather warning. what are you seeing?- what are you seeing? good morning- — what are you seeing? good morning- we _ what are you seeing? good morning. we are _ what are you seeing? good morning. we are on - what are you seeing? good morning. we are on the - what are you seeing? good - morning. we are on the county down coast and the wind is starting to pick up and when you get those big gusts, it really hits you. just behind us, at the seawall, we have seen a lot of waves crashing over that which is why we are standing back. a lot of homes and businesses in the street where we are this morning and some of them have been making preparations, maybe yesterday, to protect their properties from the worst effects of, with some sand bags. the red warning kicks in at 7am and lasts until dpm and covers the entire island of ireland was not the first time the whole island of ireland has been under the highest weather wa

here's sara girvin who's in donaghadee in northern ireland.n the coast of county tyrone, and early it was difficult to stand on two the winds were so strong, but we feel it is now calming. in excess of 100 mph, the winds. and in the republic of ireland, a possible record of 140 mph was recorded, but the newest issue has been power supplies. about two and 40,000 people are without electricity in northern ireland —— 240,000 people. in the republic of ireland the figure is more than 700000 and we are told that tens of thousands more in the republic of ireland are having problems with water supply. that shows the effect that storm eowyn has had. as you can imagine, there is a lot of work going on here to repair power lines and people are being asked not to touch power damaged ones, as they come across them, as the work goes on, and we have also seen a lot of pictures and reports of closed roads, fallen trees, a lot of damage to properties and public buildings as well. this on a day where there has been major disruption with every school in norther

sara girvin is in donaghadee, where several weather warnings are in place.north of the border as well. we are told the winds experience in northern ireland have been the strongest since 1990 in excess of 90 mph. standing here throughout the day on the county down coast, at times we have about every bit of the force of the winds. a widespread issue so far seems to be that power supply. we now know 240,000 people across northern ireland are without electricity as we speak. as you can imagine, work is under way to repair those lines and there has been an appeal for people not to go anywhere near power lines. throughout the day we have also had lots of reports. we have started to see pictures of fallen trees, blocked roads and damaged buildings and public buildings. lots of disruption on a day when every single school in northern ireland is closed and there is no public transport meant no trains or buses all day. people do seem to have heeded the warning to not travel stay inside. that red weather warning, the first of its kind in northern ireland, and the first

let's speak to sarah girvan in donaghadee. breathtaking conditions there. absolutely.. i've been _ conditions there. absolutely. i've been here _ conditions there. absolutely. i've been here since - conditions there. absolutely. i've been here since the - conditions there. absolutely. | i've been here since the early hours of this morning and hour upon hour the wind has really built up and you feel the full force of it when it hits you just like theirs. it is honestly so strong. these conditions are fierce and just within the last couple of hours there has been freezing rain. it is grim, that is the only word i can use to describe it. these terrible conditions are being replicated across the entire island of ireland. just to give you an idea of the disruption here in northern ireland every school here is closed today. a lot of businesses have taken the decision to close today as well. people are being encouraged to work from home. there is no public transport this morning. flights have been this morning. flig

let's speak to our ireland correspondent sara girvin who is in donaghadee on the north—east coast ofes to stand upright, sarah? yes, i did have a _ to stand upright, sarah? yes, i did have a hat _ to stand upright, sarah? yes, i did have a hat on _ to stand upright, sarah? yes, i did have a hat on just - to stand upright, sarah? yes, i did have a hat on just before i did have a hat on just before speaking to you but it blew right off my head. it was heroically retrieved by my camera operator, but it is getting really, really fierce year. i am talking to you but when those gusts of wind hit you, honestly, they take your breath away, just like that. i will try to keep speaking to you, but the major issue in northern ireland this morning is that lack of electricity. we heard from chris in the republic of ireland over 700,000 people there without power. the people —— figure is 100,000 in northern ireland, so lots of people waking up without electricity, and they will be hoping to solve that as soon as possible. there is a lot of advice coming through on how to get through storm eowyn and

let's speak to our ireland correspondent sara girvin who is in donaghadee on the north east coast oflert now in effect in northern ireland. what is happening there? that's riuht. what is happening there? that's riht. it what is happening there? that's right. it kicked _ what is happening there? that's right. it kicked in _ what is happening there? that's right. it kicked in at _ what is happening there? that's right. it kicked in at seven - right. it kicked in at seven o'clock and covers the entire island of ireland, the highest weather warning you can get, and the first time the whole island has been under a red alert. winds are really starting to pick up here on the county down coast, we are seeing lots of waves come over the sea walls and we are also hearing about potentially record—breaking wins in the republic of ireland, a gust of 114 miles per hour has been recorded in galway, a potential record—breaker. to give you an idea about the disruption being caused in northern ireland today, every single school in northern ireland is closed. lots of public buildings are closed, flight