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

that is sarah girvan in northern ireland. david wallace lockhart is in glasgow.f this. ~ ~ , ., this. well, west where i am certainly — this. well, west where i am certainly the _ this. well, west where i am certainly the wind _ this. well, west where i am certainly the wind is - this. well, west where i am| certainly the wind is starting to pick up at the moment in glasgow. it is sometimes not too bad but then occasionally you are getting quite a big gust that moves you about a bit and there have been winds of over 70 mph recorded in scotland. like i say not until ten o'clock does the red warning come into effect. you can see behind me some of the trees are straining. we have a sheltered spot near hit next to a building and we are by the river clyde. when there is a curse to see the big spurts of water going over the top of it and the bushes in the far side really bending in the wind, giving you a sense of what is to come. obviously there has already been disruption here. this red warning is going to cover the central belt of scotland and beyond. that will be in