Storm Éowyn will rip across the country on Friday morning with the entire country hit with Status Red warnings

As of 9am on Thursday, there are eight Red Weather Warnings in place from Met Eireann. There is also a Status Orange Wind Warning for all of Ireland from midnight until 4pm tomorrow. The Status Red Weather Warnings are as follows.

Storm Éowyn is barrelling towards the west coast set to bring one of the worst wind storms in decades to Ireland within hours. Met Éireann is urging extreme caution as the severe Status Red storm system threatens to deliver a clattering of 'violent Storm force winds' and gusts above 130km/h.

One of Ireland's foremost weather experts has said Storm Eowyn could be 'the worst storm we have seen in years'

Storm Éowyn – pronounced "ay-oh-win" – is the fifth named storm of the season and is this morning developing rapidly as it moves towards us. It is being fuelled by a very powerful jet stream - fast moving air high in the atmosphere where wind speeds are around 260mph (418km/h).

A Status Red wind warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Roscommon and Tipperary from 6am on Friday until 11am on Friday. A Status Red wind warning for Donegal from 7am on Friday until 2pm on Friday.

The weather across Ireland is set to take a drastic turn this week with fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages and structural damage expected when the storm hits

Weather experts are warning of a 'historic' storm this week as all of Ireland will be under a Status Red warning for 'extremely destructive' gusts - expected to reach over 150km/h. A spate of Red Wind Alerts has been issued by Met Éireann for Friday as schools,

The whole country will be under a status red "danger to life" warning on Friday as Storm Éowyn is set to bring "severe, damaging, and destructive winds". The storm is set to hit the country in the early hours of Friday morning.