Storm-affected Travellers have been told that any family which refuses all reasonable offers of replacement accommodation will have their emergency housing payments stopped.
Fri, 23 Feb, 2018
Construction work on the new Derrynane roof at Cork City's Turners Cross has been completed following Storm Ophelia damage.
Tue, 20 Feb, 2018
The Government is making almost €9m available to local authorities, to help deal with the clean up following Hurricane Ophelia and other major weather events in 2017.
Tue, 02 Jan, 2018
October 16, Storm Ophelia Day was the day we watched the most Netflix.
Mon, 11 Dec, 2017
Repeal the Eighth, Brexit, Ophelia and Irish Water were among the biggest trending stories on Twitter in Ireland this year
Tue, 05 Dec, 2017
Residents of Sherkin Island off the Cork coast have been without a landline phone service since Storm Ophelia — and have now been rebuffed after calling on the Government to consider laying broadband cable instead.
Mon, 04 Dec, 2017
A month ago today, Ophelia made landfall across Ireland. Kevin Markham investigates the aftermath for golf clubs and courses.
Thu, 16 Nov, 2017
It was a once-in-a-lifetime event — we hope — Hurricane Ophelia, roaring across Ireland on October 16, and it wasn’t until five days later that we could enter our local woods with any degree of safety, writes Damien Enright
Mon, 06 Nov, 2017
Fishermen dealing in crab, lobster, and shrimp have appealed for financial assistance. They claim their autumn and winter catch prospects have been devastated by Hurricane Ophelia.
Sat, 04 Nov, 2017
There have been calls for a full review of Cork City’s tree policy after it emerged that Storm Ophelia may have knocked up to 600 trees citywide — with the clean-up expected to cost millions.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
The Irish Examiner print edition turned many heads last week when it published this stunning image across the top of its front page.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
Latest: ESB Networks crews are working to restore power to about 6,000 customers who remain without it.
Met Éireann is predicting that “in general”, the winds which Storm Brian brings to the country this weekend will not be as severe as Ophelia.
Fri, 20 Oct, 2017
Irish Water is working to restore services to thousands of homes and businesses around Cork who still don’t have a supply.
Tributes have been paid to Ireland's three Hurricane Ophelia victims as the family of Michael Pyke attended his funeral today.
Thu, 19 Oct, 2017
Education Correspondent
CORK City is on flood alert as the country braces for another massive storm.
Many rural villages in Co Cork continue to suffer in the aftermath of Storm Ophelia, with some, such as Carrignavar, still without power, water, phones, and internet connection, and hampered by fallen trees blocking roads.
Thousands of homes and businesses across the country remain without power and thousands more are without water as the cleanup operation after Storm Ophelia continues.
Over 500,000 emergency alerts were seen by people since Sunday using an extreme weather alert service developed by a former council official.
A woman who delivered her baby at home in the midst of the chaos of Storm Ophelia is praying that electricity will be restored at her house in Crosshaven, Co Cork so that she can discharge herself from hospital.
Wed, 18 Oct, 2017
Calls have been made to reactivate a campaign to get island designation for Cobh, so it could be eligible for grants to improve its connectivity.
Tens of thousands of homes remain without electricity and power in the wake of Storm Ophelia as it emerged that Ireland will not qualify for any financial help from the EU to cope with the aftermath.
Ireland will not qualify for any financial help from the EU to cope with the aftermath of Ophelia because the damage caused will not reach into the billions of euro.
It may not have looked it yesterday as people across West Cork surveyed the fallout from Hurricane Ophelia, but the area might have escaped the worst of the damage.
An urgent call for O negative blood donors has been made by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service after supplies dwindled to just four days because of the loss of a full day’s collection due to Storm Ophelia.
Irish insurers have paid out €1.3bn to policyholders as a direct result of storms and flooding over the past 10 years, the industry’s representative body has said.
All national roads and all but a handful of regional roads in Co Cork are now passable, but work was still being carried out last night on 70 rural roads still blocked by fallen trees and 74,000 homes in the county remain without electricity.
A school principal has spoken of his relief that nobody was killed or injured when the roof was ripped off its gym before slamming into nearby homes.
Residents of one of the country’s largest inhabited islands have warned of an emerging crisis after power cuts effectively crippled their multi-million euro harbour storm gates.
People have been paying tribute to the three people who died during storm Ophelia yesterday.
Tue, 17 Oct, 2017
It looks like "unnecessary journeys" during yesterday's storm may not be covered by car insurance companies.
A Government Minister says he is "furious" with people who ignored safety warnings during yesterday's storm.
The Housing Minister, Eoghan Murphy, has defended the Government's decision to keep schools closed again today.
Ireland's three main airports expect to operate as normal today with some minor delays following on from yesterday's storm.
Homeless charities say they supported 115 rough sleepers during Ophelia.
Medics say it will take a couple of days to get back to normal services following Ophelia.
Ireland should seek EU emergency funding to help tackle the aftermath of Ophelia, according to the Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly.
Latest: Sea swimmers who take to the waters during red storm alerts could potentially face fines in the future.
It was a one-day event, with lifelong consequences for the families of its three victims, and ongoing ramifications for households, schools, transport, businesses, the health service, forestry, and farming.
West Cork was one of the first areas to bear the brunt of Ophelia and a huge clean-up operation will continue today for the biggest storm in living memory.
The Government is set to release millions of euro in emergency funding to local authorities coping with the aftermath of Storm Ophelia amid calls for the Coalition to seek financial help from the EU’s crisis solidarity fund.
More than 20,000 homes and businesses were left without power across Kerry yesterday as Storm Ophelia wreaked havoc from the early hours.
After the great storm, the big clean up. As crews start to work around Co Cork, much of the fallout from Storm Ophelia will centre on the Cobh area.
The Department of Education has said the decision to close schools for a second day today was taken on child safety grounds as school authorities were only beginning to check the buildings to see what, if any damage, they sustained thanks to yesterday’s unprecedented storms.
A massive clean-up operation is under way across Cork City after Ophelia left a trail of destruction.
Winds reached extraordinary strengths during Storm Ophelia, with one gust recorded at the Fastnet Rock, off Co Cork, reaching a 191km/h.
The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.
Motorists and homeowners have been assured that their insurance is valid during severe weather events, despite claims to the contrary on social media.
Martin Power took shelter from Ophelia inside the welcoming warmth of McGarry House homeless hostel, in Limerick, where he was grateful for a bed, a warm meal, and a hot drink.
Mon, 16 Oct, 2017
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