Clare Placed Under Orange Wind Warning For Friday Morning

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Clare is now facing an orange wind weather alert on Friday morning.

Met Eireann has issued the notice in the last few minutes, which also applies to Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford, Galway and Wexford.

Storm Eunice is expected to bring potentially damaging winds up to 130 kilometres per hour.

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It comes as Storm Dudley has already made landfall, with the Banner county under a Status Yellow wind warning until 11.30pm tonight.

Gusts of around 86 kilometres per hour have been recorded in Shannon earlier today, though Met Éireann has warned these could increase to 110 kilometres per hour across the county.

There’s also a warning that flooding is likely along coastal areas.