Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, fire service group commander Alan O'Neill explains how the service is responding to emergency calls.

"We have quite a significant range of calls right across the province. We have car crashes, we have properties damaged, and we're responding to that," he says.

"We are deep in the response period at this stage, and we have crews working right across the province, and that's likely to continue for the next number of hours.

"We would still encourage people to just think about their journey before they would be going out."

Niall McCracken
BBC News NI Mid Ulster reporter

Country roads outside Coalisland are littered with fallen trees, on my way to the town I came across what appeared to be insulation from an attic in some hedges.

Driving a bit further down the road I could see the roof of a house had completely blown away and the debris was scattered through the small country road and surrounding fields.

Overhead telephone wires and branches were swaying violently and a gaping hole remains in the roof of the countryside bungalow, with nobody currently at home.

The roof of Bangor's Aurora Leisure Centre has been badly damaged as the result of the storm.

This isn't the first time something like this has happened at the facility - the roof was also damaged during Storm Arwen in 2021.

In an update, external on social meeting, Dublin Airport says its first departure of the morning was a Ryanair flight to Birmingham at 09:27, followed by a Ryanair flight to Faro in Portugal shortly after.

The first flight scheduled to arrive this morning is due to land shortly after 11:00.

There is still severe disruption at both Belfast airports.

Chris Page
BBC News Ireland correspondent

Chris Page, our Ireland correspondent, is in Westport in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland.

"Dare I say it, things are a little bit calmer than they were an hour ago. It seems the peak of this storm has passed but it's still pretty ferocious out there," he says.

Standing 70 miles north of the point in County Galway where a record 114mph wind speed was recorded at 05:00 in the Republic of Ireland, he says: "It does feel like something unprecedented... you can see and hear the debris crashing on the ground just about everywhere you look."

Barra Best
BBC News NI weather presenter

Along with wind warnings until midnight, a snow and ice warning has also been issued across Northern Ireland from 19:00 on Friday to 10:00 on Saturday.

Some small snow accumulations could develop in places, mainly on high ground in the west.

Ice is likely to be the main hazard, with icy stretches forming on untreated surfaces as temperatures fall this evening.

Kevin Sharkey
BBC News NI

Here in Belfast city centre, the streets are largely deserted.

The shutters are down on shops and cafes at a time of the morning when they would normally be doing a thriving trade.

There are few cars on the roads and even fewer people on the streets.

BBC Ireland correspondent Sara Girvin has been reporting this morning from Donaghadee in County Down where the winds have been building steadily since the early hours.

Barra Best
BBC News NI weather presenter

The strongest gust of wind recorded in Northern Ireland until 09:00 GMT on Friday was 92.2mph (148km/h) at Killowen in County Down.

That’s the strongest gust since 93mph (150km/h) was recorded at Ballykelly in County Londonderry on Boxing Day 1998.

The last time Northern Ireland experience wind gusts of more than 90mph (145km/h) was during Storm Ali in September 2018.

That storm also brought Northern Ireland’s strongest gust on record for September when 91mph (147km/h) was registered at Killowen in County Down.

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As the winds continue to batter parts of Northern Ireland, people are being advised to work from home and avoid unnecessary travel.

In Antrim a telegraph pole has been pulled up by the wind and landed on Blaris Road.

Sorcha Eastwood MP says the pole had been forced into the air by the winds before landing on the road and reminds people of the severity of the conditions.

Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme, Aoife Kealy from Met Éireann says the "eye of the storm, at the moment, is centred just north of Ireland, and it is going to move off towards Scotland now in the next few hours".

"It is going to be extremely windy across the country through today, and especially across Ulster. We are going to see the strong winds continuing right through the morning and through much of the afternoon as well.

"There are parts, mostly in Donegal, which may not yet have even seen the strongest winds that they want to see associated with this storm that will come as quite frightening to a lot of people."

Ms Kealy adds that that even after the red level warning lapses, there will still be orange level warnings in place, which is "still a very significant warning, with stormy conditions continuing"

"There will be things like trees and structures and so on, damage by the initial light of the strongest winds, which are likely to be further damaged or even come down with the continuation of the orange level and even the yellow level winds," Ms Kealy says.

Linzi Lima
BBC News NI

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The warning will stay in place until around 14:00 GMT.

We are expected to see wind gusts of around 80 to 90 mph.

We have already recorded 92 mph at Killowen in County Down but I would say that will be beaten by the time we get to 14:00.

We could also see gusts of 100 mph in hilly areas and exposed coasts.

The winds will start to ease as we make our way through this afternoon, but an amber warning will remain in place until this evening.

A yellow warning will stay in place until midnight tonight.

Niall McCracken
BBC News NI

This morning I’m standing outside the locked gates of Dungannon Integrated College, which like schools across Northern Ireland, is currently closed today because of the dangers associated with the predicted strong wings.

Usually at this time during the week from 8am onwards, the stretch of road leading up to the school known as the Gortmerron Link Road , is packed with school buses and pupils walking to the college. Cars are often bumper to bumper.

But this morning it is eerily quiet, with only a small handful of cars on the road so far.

Across the road from the school a chunk from a large tree has fallen down with the debris scattered across the road.

An update on roads blocked by fallen trees and other debris from the Department for Infrastructure is as follows:

Ards and North Down

High Street, Comber, Newtownards - Tree down just before bridge

Ballydrain Wood, Comber, Newtownards – Tree down blocking the road near the junction at Ardnavalley Park

Killinchy Road, Comber, Newtownards

Kempe Stones Road, Dundonald – Tree down on the Belfast bound carriageway.

Belfast

Areema Drive, Dunmurray, Belfast - Road obstructed

Antrim and Newtownabbey

Ballyginniff Road, Crumlin

Hillhead Road, Ballyclare - tree blocking both sides of road.

The Longshot, Ballyclare

Castle Road, Ran, Antrim - Fallen tree on the inward road to randaltowns just at Kenny’s garage

Randalstown Road, Antrim -Tree fallen across the road

Beltoy Road, Carrickfergus – Fallen tree on S bend

Fermanagh North

A39 Kesh Road -Tree down

Balltreagh Road, Tempo, Enniskillen – Road blocked

Lisburn and Castlereagh

Knockburn Drive, Lisburn

Upper Ballynahinch Road

The Hillhall Road, Lisburn - Closed completely due to multiple fallen trees and power cables

Londonderry and Strabane

Northland Crescent, Londonderry - Collapsed wall rendering street impassable

Mid and East Antrim

Old Shore Road, Carrickfergus approaching Tropperslane

Down

Old Belfast Road, Ballnahinch – Completely blocked

Crossgar Road East, Downpatrick – Tree down blocking road at top of Bells Hill

Old Belfast Road, Ballynahinch – Completely blocked

Magherafelt

Glenshane Road, Maghera, A6 glenshane climbing lane past oakleaf services - Inner lane blocked by large fallen tree

Elaine McGee
BBC News NI

The north west is waking up to Storm Éowyn and its impact already this morning.

There are an estimated 400 properties in Killaloo, which is on the outskirts of Londonderry, that are currently without electricity and about 1,200 properties in Castlederg now without power.

All council buildings, including the Guildhall, are closed across Derry and Strabane today and bin collection services have been suspended. While the Foyle Bridge is closed due to string winds.

The Western Trust has said that their message to patients today is that they should assume any scheduled appointments are cancelled unless contacted by the trust.

Cormac Campbell
BBC News NI south east reporter

In the centre of County Down winds noticeably picked up from about midnight with a large amount of rain falling.

It’s not raining now but the winds are stronger.

There's an occasional flicker of the lights and garden furniture that’s not well pinned down is creaking.

In my own garden my greenhouse has taken a hit with a couple of broken panes.

The sun is now rising which will make any overnight damage more apparent.

An attic wall has collapsed at a house in south Belfast during the storm.

About 715,000 homes, farms and businesses are now without power in the Republic of Ireland, according to the Electricity Supply Board.

The last figure we had was just over 500,000 so there has been a big increase in the past hour or so.

The director of service operations at Translink has warned disruption will likely continue throughout today and tomorrow.

Speaking on BBC’s Good Morning Ulster Programme, Ian Campbell said customers should expect a gradual return to service after the storm has passed.

Fallen trees and debris are impacting the road and rail service making a “return to service challenging,” he said.

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Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck says there is "signicant amounts of debris right across the road network".

He tells the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that as predicted the roads are "dangerous" with more than 70 reports of trees down on the roads.

He adds that while the emergency services do have to look after their own responders, there are people available to respond to an emergency.

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