The national forecaster Met Eireann last night issued a status Yellow weather warning for overnight and this morning as gusts blasted up to 110klm an hour in the north west of the country overnight.
All coastal areas saw high seas with the east coast getting the lighter winds overnight.
There remains two yellow level wind warnings with the strongest winds expected to be on north and western coastal counties in particular Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway, Clare and Kerry.
The warning is effect from 7pm last night until at least 7am this morning.
The second Status Yellow warning has been issued by Met Eireann for Leinster, Cork, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
It has come into effect from 8pm last night and will remain in place until at least 9am this morning.
Winds of 50 to 65km/hr are expected with gusts of 90 to 100km/hr.
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