Village hit by mini tornado as storms strike

FREAK storms that swept through parts of the country at the weekend caused long delays for frustrated airline passengers, electricity blackouts, damage to cars and houses and blew a popular festive ice rink into Galway Bay.

Forecasters yesterday warned of further wet, windy and possibly stormy weather this evening and for the rest of the week.

Hundreds of passengers bound for the United States spent a second night in hotels as the fallout continued from Saturday’s storm that caused the collision of two empty Aer Lingus planes parked at Dublin airport.