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LAST UPDATE | 24 Jan
STORM ÉOWYN HAS made landfall in Ireland and its impacts are beginning to be seen across the island of Ireland.
Around 715,000 homes are without power, hundreds of flights have been cancelled, and the strongest gust in Ireland was recorded overnight in Co Galway.
The air dome at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence has also been destroyed in the storm.
Here are some images from across the country of the impact the storm is having:
A storm-chasing crew from the Netherlands are in Lahinch in Co Clare, and one of the team can barely keep his footing in the winds:
Zeer zware storm #Éowyn zorgt momenteel voor ravage in Ierland, Schotland en delen van Engeland, in #Galway zijn extreme windstoten tot 184 km/u gemeten. Hier eerste indrukken van onze verslaggevers ter plekke in Lahinch, county Clare, aan de westkust van Ierland. Later meer! pic.twitter.com/Ya3E3DOBzQ
— Weer & Radar Nederland (@weerenradar_nl) January 24, 2025
The same team said they recorded gusts of 190 km/h on the coast of Clare this morning, and can be seen trying to capture that measurement.
🍃 Our team have recorded gusts of 190 km/h (118 mph) on the coast of Co. Clare, Ireland during Storm Éowyn this morning... it took a fight to get the measurement!#Weather #Hurricane #Storm pic.twitter.com/glDHM5M16y
— Weather & Radar UK/Ireland (@WeatherRadar_UK) January 24, 2025
The air dome at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan, Co Mayo has been destroyed.
The @ConnachtGAA air dome at the Connacht Gaa centre of excellence in Bekan has been completed destroyed as a result of #StormEowyn pic.twitter.com/h3GjXktS7u
— Mid West Radio (@radiomidwest) January 24, 2025
A home in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast, badly damaged after a tree fell on it.
The devastating affects of #StormÉowyn showing now, this is Whiteabby, Northern Ireland this morning..😑 ! #Eowyn
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) January 24, 2025
Photo is by Maddie Sloan pic.twitter.com/JNSq5nYDAu
The ice skating rink in Blanchardstown has also been destroyed, with the roof having been blown off during the storm.
Dolphin’s Barn firefighters have been called to the Harold’s Cross Road after scaffolding collapsed, and the road is completely blocked as a result.
And yet more images of damaged infrastructure, this time from McGovern Park in Newport, home of Burrishoole GAA, where a stand has been destroyed.
The stand at McGovern Park in Newport, home of Burrishoole Gaa destroyed due to #StormEowyn pic.twitter.com/0zJXic5Amp
— Mid West Radio (@radiomidwest) January 24, 2025
Longford Town FC’s stadium has also been extensively damaged.
Huge damage at @LongfordTownFC pic.twitter.com/4o9rIbDDTX
— Ciaran Mullooly MEP (@ciaranmullooly) January 24, 2025
Some of the damage in Clondalkin, from reader Anthony Curran.
The storm has also caused damage in Cobh, Co Cork.
This Sky News segment, live from Co Clare, by Stephen Murphy highlights the impact Storm Éowyn is having there.
“A few moments ago all the power went out, which is why you can’t see anything behind me,” he tells viewers.
'A few moments ago all the power went out, which is why you can't see anything behind me'
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 24, 2025
Sky's @SMurphyTV has the latest from Ireland as 114mph winds from Storm Eowyn break the country's highest gust record
Live updates ➡️ https://t.co/ufjlypRKYs
📺 Sky 501 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/M3cnevV1xX
Strong winds are hitting the country, as well as heavy rains, as seen here in Spanish Point in Co Clare.
#StormÉowyn in Spanish Point, Clare@ArmadaHotel pic.twitter.com/0qFOCOan7X
— Deric (@deric_tv) January 24, 2025
As of 7am, the North also came under a Status Red wind alert and here’s the scene in Co Down this morning:
#StormÉowyn is intense in County Down, Northern Ireland - the howling winds are loud even with windows closed! https://t.co/9cfBKElk0B pic.twitter.com/np1qnRiCLy
— Weather Monitor (@WeatherMonitors) January 24, 2025
Video footage of the winds and rain in Co Galway from the Galway Atlantaquaria.
Hi Everyone, quick update from Matt, who has been onsite all night to monitor our animals. high time was just after 12, & flooding started by 2.30am. Matt is safe but this is some of the worst we’ve seen. Please stay indoors & stay safe @villagesalthill @GalwayCityCo #StormÉowyn pic.twitter.com/6hDINomiv2
— Galway Atlantaquaria (@GalwayAquarium) January 24, 2025
Fire fighters from the Dublin Fire Brigade were out early to clear a fallen tree from the Killininny Road.
Another dramatic image of a fallen tree in Leixlip.
Fallen trees are to be expected across the county, as is the case here on the Main Street in Ballyboughal, Co Dublin.
Parts of a wall have fallen down on an apartment complex in Belfast.
A fallen tree on Cyprus Avenue in east Belfast.
Fallen tree in Blessington, Co Wicklow.
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Chris Evans more than twice as much as Graham Norton!? There’s more than sexism going on there!
@John Walker: You should bear in mind that that doesn’t include his talk show.
The BBC pay his Production Company which then pays him (or he pays himself…….. if you know what I mean).
I suspect that’s a damn GOOD salary over and above his actual BBC salary.
@John Walker:
Chris Evans is an irrepressible genius, he’s ginger, he’s original, creative, cutting edge, climbing the greasy pole of stardom trough sheer force of personality, money is not his goal, he’s already blown 80 million on cars and booze, when he began dating Billy Piper he bought her a silver Ferrari full of roses, she couldn’t even drive, Chris is car crash TV, when he gets bored he goes drinking and gets sacked then starts again, Chris personifies the idiom ‘You can’t keep a good man down’.
Compared to Chris Graham Norton is pure tedium.
@John Walker: being a good negotiator?
“The BBC’s highest paid woman is Claudia Winkleman”
Who? Exactly.
I 100% agree with equal work for equal pay. But you can’t compare salaries for people who have different levels of exposure, higher ratings, and different jobs on different shows. That’s not comparing like with like.
The only fair comparison here would be to compare 2 BBC news readers – since they actually have the same job on the same show & do the same amount of work.
@Conor Byrne: When you look at the likes of Chris Evans and Graham Norton who both had successful radio and TV shows last year when these contracts were paid. The large salaries they can command are based soley around their personalities rather than something like a large popular show like Come Dancing which, though popular, is not centered around any one personality.
For this reason the “stars” can command the big money and, rightly or wrongly, that’s just the way it is. Inevitably this will be compared to America where the “Stars” can command many times these salaries and women like Oprah and Judge Judy Sheindlin earn vast sums us mere mortals can only dream of. It’s not sexism, it’s just business, and the entertainment business is cut throat.
Jaysus, when Tubridy and Duffy and company hear about this there is bound to be a strike. They aren’t on anywhere near that cash
@Nick Allen: per head of listenership and population, the BBC presenters are on less than their RTE counterparts.
@Nick Allen:
Given the difference in population,shouldn’t Duffy,Untidy,etc be on a fifteenth of what Norton(a real presenter ) makes..around 60,000 seems fair..
@Dermot Lane: Yes – but there are dozens and dozens of stations, from regional to specialist.
@Nick Allen: the Tv licence isnt been used to pay the BBC crew tho, and there would be a slightly higher viewship for the BBC than RTE
@Fank Pulman: true but Evans gets 15 million on BBC
That’s F ing Scandalous!!!
Chris Evans £2million++ He should be pushed onto some obscure satellite tv channel somewhere not paid that much for nothing!
@Dub_Right: Evans entertains over twice the population of our country – everyday on BBC radio, as well as a good few here!!
@Dub_Right: i dont like him at all, he was a disaster on top gear but he has 15 million listeners !
@Dub_Right: Probably includes his Top Gear contract for the year in question.
@Fank Pulman: Evans has over 15 million listeners.
Claudia Winkleman earns almost half a million £££ per year – utterly mind boggling.
@John Ryan:
She spends almost as much on makeup to be fair
I see Graham’s agent negotiating a healthy pay rise at the next contract discussions
@Nick Allen: Doubt it, he get’s paid for his talk show via his Production company. His BBC salary would be for things like Eurovision etc.
Probably the best broadcasting organisation in the world. It won’t stop wingers here winging though.
How much is Bana of Aleppo on? The young girl ‘tweeting’ from Aleppo in Syria about the bad man Assad; a story pushed by the BBC and most other MSM? All the while her father was a local nusra man(terrorist) and her mother, an English teacher, put words in the little girls tweets and used her daughter as a propaganda tool against the Assad Government.
http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/07/18/uk-column-news-western-media-continue-to-cash-in-on-the-bana-of-aleppo-myth/
The BBC have always done lite entertainment well. Well done. However on the other side, they have been instrumental in the death and destruction of millions of people across the world in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria, as lead propagandists for the industrial military complex of the UK and US and their allies.
I’m sorry but what does Chris Evans actually do for the BBC?
@Sorcha Hendry:
Brings in 15 million listeners to his radio show.
Actually, it’s just over 9 million, but I take your point.
@Tweety McTweeter: Good radio show it is too – I’m still listening to BBC Radio 2 all day at work (except for Jeremy Vine, podcasts fill that gap) since last Christmas – great music choice (with minimal repeats!), the lack of sports news and, especially, ads, means I would never go back to Irish commercial radio. The pay mentions today may be high in some cases, but is more than justified in most, especially when competing with attempted poaching by the commercial sector.
Got to love Linekar. King of the cheesy pun.
@methodical2020:
The BBC make some great programs for both TV and radio
Is nobody gonna mention Stephen Nolan being one of the highest paid in the UK 400-499,000 per year!?! You know Nolan, the fat guy on BBC NI that shouted at a politician via video link on that Miriam Callaghan show a while back…How is his wage justified?
@Meanderingsz: He broadcasts every week day on BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio 5 Live from Thursday to Sunday and presents his own live TV show from Belfast!
Happily his weight doesn’t effect the excellent content of his shows.
Jaysus Ryan Turbidity is a bargain – sponsored by RTE
How can RTE keep our stars , when the BBC is paying ‘proper’ salaries ? Please dont send this article to Tubbs or Marian ….
That’s Racist
@Jonathan Stapleton: The other BBC.
LOL! Comments of the week.
Chris Evans and Graham Norton worth every pound
Is it any wonder the toothy chap can buy Ferraris at 20 million a pop
The mind boggles
When will we see how much we pay our creaturs?? And when will they get reasonable rates?
The real question here is who the hell is Jermey Vine?
@Daniel Murray: BBC Radio 2 show between 12 and 2 weekdays. I listen to Radio 2 every day at work, but I skip his slot with podcasts – not my scene, but he’s obviously popular enough in the UK.
And linekar still feels the need to advertise crisps
Gary Lineker on £1.7 million? There are footballers who…. oh wait. Sorry.
Pity they couldn’t have a Transfer Market like in the Soccer Leagues,
Turgid Tubridy needs to go there to get paid commensurate to his talents…
@George Salter: Guess why all the “stars” are still at RTE… actually, RT stood in for Graham Norton on his BBC Radio 2 show last year – not sure how it went, but I see that Alan Carr and Mel Sykes are doing it this year.
two fools to be honest……victims of ZIONIST extremism !!
How the hell can the BBC even employ that human disaster zone that is Victoria Derbyshire ? Every single human tragedy story is jumped upon and squeezed for every bit of drama and sensational aspect she can find….She,and her production team,are purveyors of human suffering and couldn’t give the tiniest of damns about the people in terrible situations that they cruelly exploit
Who cares . I for one haven’t heard of any of them in years . Let them off
to be honest what person in thier right mind give a f** about these two muppets ? seriously ? c’mon journal surely your better than this shiiiiiiiiite !!!
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