High winds are set to return tonight after the country was battered by storms yesterday, according to Met Éireann.
But a spokesman said they were not anticipating weather of yesterday's severity when record wind speeds caused major travel disruption, particularly in Dublin.
Met Éireann is forecasting a gradual increase in winds today and says gusts of up to 120kmph should be expected.
It said it would "very windy and blustery overnight with strong southwest to west winds gusting 100 to 120 km/h over parts of the west and north."
Yesterday morning, a gust reaching 148km/h was measured at Dublin airport, the highest at the airport since records began in 1941. Almost 70 flights in and out of the airport were cancelled.
There were long delays for passengers as flight cancellations in Britain and Europe had a knock-on effect on services. Cork, Shannon and Knock airports were also affected by flight delays in Britain.
Dublin Port was shut for the first time in its history because of weather conditions. Port officials also reported record gusts of 157km/h (98mph) yesterday morning.
At one stage three vessels had to drop anchor outside the port because ships could not get in or out. Port spokeswoman Brenda Daly said: "We have never experienced weather conditions like this before and we're used to bad weather. It was unprecedented."
In Finglas, north Dublin, a man was seriously injured when he was struck by falling debris on a building site early this morning.
The man was working on the building site on the North Road when the accident occurred at 9.30am. He was taken to the
Mater Hospital where he is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit. The winds of up to 184kph killed at least 21 people across northern Europe.
In Britain, where winds gusted up to 160kph, five motorists died, two people were killed in the northern town of Manchester and a boy died when a wall collapsed in London.
Falling trees killed two people in a car as well as a motorcyclist in The Netherlands, local media said. Strong winds damaged the arched roof of
Amsterdam's Central Station, which was partly closed due to falling glass.
The death toll in Germany rose to seven last night when a fireman was killed by a falling tree in the northwest.
After hitting the north and west of Germany the storm swept east into Poland, the Czech Republic and northern Austria.
Additional reporting: Agencies