Monaghan County CouncilA man in his 40s has died in the Republic of Ireland in what gardaí (Irish police) understand was a “weather-related incident”.
It comes as Storm Amy brought gale force winds to some areas, with almost 200,000 homes in the Republic loosing electricity.
Gardaí attended the incident with the man at a home in Letterkenny, County Donegal, alongside emergency services, shortly after 16:15 local time on Friday.
A post mortem examination will be carried out in due course.
Every county across the island of Ireland is under different levels of weather warning, with the storm causing localised flooding, fallen trees, transport disruption and school closures in parts.
PA MediaThe highest-level red warning was in effect in County Donegal from16:00 (local time) until it was downgraded to orange from 18:00, which has been issued until 22:00.
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has said its crews are working to restore power to 184,000 homes, farms and businesses, mostly in counties Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim and Cavan.
It has warned that further power outages can be expected.
As of 16:30 local time, a total of 58 flights have been cancelled at Dublin Airport, while nine inbound flights have been diverted to other airports.
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Counties Donegal, Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo are currently under a Status Orange wind warning until 22:00.
A Status Yellow wind warning is also in place across the whole of the Republic until 00:00 on Saturday.
A Status Red marine warning will also come into effect between 14:00 and 20:00, as Met Éireann warns of “violent” storm force 11 winds from Loop Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head.
Storm Amy has caused further disruption to Northern Ireland and Scotland, with flights and trains cancelled and a number of roads closed.
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