Red and Orange Warnings in place for tomorrow morning

A Status Red Wind Warning is in place for Dublin tomorrow morning between 5am and 8am A Status Orange Wind Warning will apply from 2am to 10am.

A Status Red alert is Met Éireann’s highest-level warning.

Met Éireann said that there will be extreme winds during this period "with potential danger to life". Structural damage is expected, along with falling trees and significant power outages.

The entire country will remain on a Yellow wind and rain warning from midnight tonight until 3pm tomorrow.

All Regional Parks in Fingal will remain closed until 11am tomorrow morning as will the Coolmine and Estuary Recycling Centres.

People are advised to stay away from coastal areas as they will be extremely hazardous for the next 24 hours.

People are also being advised to keep their mobiles charged so they can contact emergency services in case of power outages.

Gusts and winds of up to 130km per hour are expected throughout the early morning and in to rush hour tomorrow.

Road users should expect hazardous conditions as there is going to be a substantial number of trees down across the road network tomorrow which will make traveling conditions very difficult, particularly in the first half of the day.

Motorists are asked to slow down and take care and be aware of vulnerable road users, particularly pedestrians.

Drivers of high-sided vehicles should also take account of the local conditions around their journeys.