Storm Ophelia - Warnings helped keep people safe

The ferocity of Storm Ophelia was such as to subdue even the most hardened and to remind all of us of the awesome power of nature. 

It was storm by name but hurricane by nature, with winds approaching 130km/h as it roared in over the Atlantic, made landfall in West Kerry and tracked its way east and northwards.

Almost nothing and no one was spared its sweep as the country, north and south, became united in trauma, fear, and anxiety.