Around a million homes, farms and businesses across the island of Ireland were left without power on Friday following record-breaking winds. In Northern Ireland 189,000 homes and businesses remain without power following Storm Eowyn, NIE Networks has said.

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport.