While the wind is seriously dangerous at the moment it is always the water that has the most potential to do damage in any storm. The coastal defences have been breached in Galway as conditions continue to worsen in the area. Remarkably people have also been spotted in the sea. The surge has started bringing […]

9 years ago

There’s been no shortage of colourful graphics tracking to the worrying progression of the ex-hurricane Ophelia over Ireland, but the view from a satellite is probably even more frightening. Met Éireann acquired images of the storm taken from orbit between 10am-2.15pm today and shared them on Twitter. Visible satellite images of Storm #OpheliaData from 10am […]

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A man in Tipperary has lost his life this afternoon, in an incident with a fallen tree.  It is believed that the man in his 30s was fatally injured when he was struck with a chainsaw after attempting to clear the fallen tree.  Breaking: A man in his 30s has died in Cahir, Tipperary. Seriously […]

9 years ago

Hurricane Ophelia rages on and people are continuing to ignore warnings from emergency services to stay away from the coast.  Several people have been spotted swimming in the sea in Salthill, Co Galway – as seen in these videos posted to Twitter by user Ryan Crowell.  Diehard out for a 5k swim. #Ophelia #Salthill @villagesalthill […]

9 years ago

We’ve all been staring at the TV and social media all day looking for updates on Storm Ophelia so it’s about time we took a break.  Put the feet up, stick on Neflix and pick one of these show which are perfect for a duvet day binge.  Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father The cheeky […]

9 years ago

As Hurricane Ophelia continues to cause havoc across Ireland today, people have been taking to social media to share what’s happening around them.  Ophelia has hit the south of the country pretty severely and will spread nationwide as the day goes on. Areas such as Cork, Waterford and Kerry have been getting the worst of […]

9 years ago

UPDATE 12:56pm One person has died after a tree fell on a car in West Waterford earlier this morning.  “Waterford Council have confirmed one fatality in an incident Aglish” Co Waterford @damienrte tells #TodaySOR now #Ophelia — Today Sean O’Rourke (@TodaySOR) October 16, 2017 According to RTÉ, the woman who lost her life was in her […]

9 years ago

Hurricane Ophelia is here, schools and colleges are shut and employees across Ireland have the day off work.  It’s a good time to snuggle up and watch some TV – which is why so many people have noticed TG4’s excellent scheduling this morning.  At 11am the cheeky channel was showing Canadian TV Show The Wind At […]

9 years ago

As Hurricane Ophelia is battering Ireland and the country is going into lock-down, it appears that maybe a lot of us should go back to school. Because the number one trend on Ireland’s Twitter is in fact a misspelling. Yep, we have managed to make #Opheila trend instead of #Ophelia.  The hurricane is going to […]

9 years ago

So we’re all braced for ex-Hurricane Ophelia to hit us and it is now even stretching over into the UK. People across England and Wales have been freaking out as the skies have turned orange and yellow with the sun going bright red… Hey! So currently here in the U.K. We have a hurricane but […]

9 years ago

There were tricky decisions to be made this morning as news spread of the severity of the impending Hurricane Ophelia.  While many chose not to commute to work amid severe weather warnings, others were advised to use their discretion and grappled with decisions about whether or not to leave the house.  For those wondering about […]

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has spoken live on air this morning about the severity of Hurricane Ophelia. The Taoiseach was in a meeting since 9.45am this morning in the Department Of Agriculture with the National Emergency Coordination Group discussing the action in place for the hurricane. The press conference was shown live on RTÉ News moments […]

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