Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

A 62-year-old man has today been extradited from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland where he is sought to stand trial for the murder of three RUC Officers in 1982.

Forensic evidence links a man to the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in Northern Ireland in 1982, a court has heard. Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in Naas, County Kildare, appeared in the dock at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

A 62-year-old man has been extradited from the Republic to Northern Ireland where he will stand trial for the murder of three RUC Officers in 1982.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann warning of a possible "danger to life". The alert comes into effect at varying times from 02:00 on Friday and will end at varying times. Met Éireann has warned that "severe, damaging and destructive winds" are expected, with gusts of up to 130km/h.

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.

McCauley was charged with murdering Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Sergeant Sean Quinn and constables Allan McCloy and Paul Hamilton in a landmine attack at Kinnego Embankment near Lurgan on October 27 1982. A prosecution lawyer said the case against McCauley related to forensic evidence found on cigarette butts.

There are warnings of danger to life, fallen electric lines, damaged infrastructure and widespread power outages

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.

More rainy and windy weather battered the U.K. and Ireland on Sunday, with a gust of 82 mph (132 kph) recorded at Predannack in southwest England. It was part of a new system named Storm Herminia by weather authorities in Spain, which was bracing for severe impact.