Gale force winds leave over 1,000 without power in Cork City and county

A status orange wind warning, with gusts of up to 120km/hr, is in place in Cork and Kerry, and outages have been reported in Timoleague, Ballincollig, Togher, and Fairhill.

The boat aground at Scotchman’s Point.

Almost 1,000 people in West Cork are without power tonight as strong winds batter the south of the country.

A status orange wind warning is in place across Cork and Kerry, with Met Éireann forecasting that southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds of 65km/h to 80km/h with damaging gusts of up to 120km/h for a time early tonight.