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Met Éireann's map of the areas impacted. Met ÉIreann.

Status yellow wind warnings issued for all counties with gusts of up to 110km/h expected

The warning will remain in place until 10pm for Galway and Mayo.

LAST UPDATE | 31 Oct 2021

MET ÉIREANN HAS issued five status yellow wind warnings covering all counties.

Northwest or westerly winds are expected to reach speeds of up to 65km/h, with gusts between 90 and 110km/h possible.

Coastal and exposed upland areas can also expect even higher guests.

The warnings are in place for

  • Munster: west to northwest, in place until 8pm
  • Galway and May: northwest, in place until 1pm
  • Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow: Westerly, in place until 11pm
  • Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo: Northwest, in place until 6am Monday
  • Cavan, Monaghan, Longford, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Roscommon: Westerly, in place until 5am

No warnings have been issued for Northern Ireland by the Met Office at the time of writing.

A status orange marine warning is also in place from Mizen Head to Loop Head to Rossan Point.

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    Mute Marie Broomfield
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    Oct 31st 2021, 12:37 PM

    Bit late with that news. still going 6 hours later here in Kerry!

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    Oct 31st 2021, 1:48 PM

    @Marie Broomfield: Dead calm here in Mayo, for now.

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    Oct 31st 2021, 4:16 PM

    Might keep the little Darlings from causing carnage with their fireworks (God I’m old).

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    Oct 31st 2021, 4:06 PM

    Inflatable costumes for my kids seemed like such a good idea at the time.

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    Oct 31st 2021, 2:59 PM

    Now met Eireann are saying that yellow warning is for the entire country how come the storm isn’t named they gave named storms but yet when a storm does arrive they don’t name it proves they haven’t a clue. Com

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    Oct 31st 2021, 3:36 PM

    @Mick Dunne: they’ve just named it storm Mick ok Mick?

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    Mute Jimmy Jones
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    Oct 31st 2021, 4:33 PM

    Thank God, Hope it keeps the munchkins inside. Mob of them at Liffey valley roundabout today launching fireworks at cars.

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    Oct 31st 2021, 3:22 PM

    Which countries is this now. Are we talking all of Europe? Come on lads!

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    Oct 31st 2021, 3:24 PM

    “covering all counties” the headline had “countries”, its easy to be confussed.

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    Oct 31st 2021, 2:10 PM

    Sweet Devine it is bad for sure

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    Oct 31st 2021, 5:55 PM

    Tie down the bins

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    Oct 31st 2021, 4:04 PM

    Dead calm here in Dublin…

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    Oct 31st 2021, 4:58 PM

    @Brian Kelly: as in zombie free?

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    Nov 1st 2021, 12:23 AM

    Luckily for the six counties the wind calms down at the border

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    Oct 31st 2021, 6:44 PM

    Fierce breeze yesterday blew down my bike.

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