Seán Hogan tells Joyce Fegan how the emergency taskforce managed the crisis of Ophelia.

Ryle Dwyer recalls the last time a hurricane hit with Debbie back in 1961, killing 15 people.

Winds reached extraordinary strengths during Storm Ophelia, with one gust recorded at the Fastnet Rock, off Co Cork, reaching a 191km/h.

Wayne Rooney opens up his life to the TV cameras for a major documentary, Rooney — The Man Behind The Goals, on BBC One on Monday.

THOUSANDS of homes were left without electricity or telephones yesterday after 170km/h gales battered Ireland — the third strongest since records began in 1888.