Transport and other services were seriously disrupted yesterday as a result of stormy overnight conditions that continued into the morning.
Air and ferry services were curtailed, while thousands of Bank of Ireland customers were deprived of ATM and other card facilities due to power cuts caused by the bad weather.
Met Éireann reported gusts of 140km/h (87mph) at Malin Head, Donegal, yesterday morning and a number of homes in the county were left without power for a time as the winds hampered repair work.
Dublin airport reported that domestic flights using small aircraft were worst affected by the weather. Aer Arann cancelled 14 flights at Galway, Cork, Dublin, Donegal and Kerry airports. Flights were running on schedule in the afternoon.
Conditions also forced Ryanair to cancel two flights to Bristol and Glasgow in the morning, with passengers being accommodated on later flights. Aer Lingus cancelled one flight to Heathrow after the weather also caused delays to their services. Passengers were accommodated later.
Irish Ferries's 9.30am Rosslare-Pembroke service was cancelled, which meant that there was no afternoon return journey.
Stena Line sailings on the Dublin to Holyhead route were cancelled, as were services from Rosslare to Fishguard. Services from Rosslare and Dublin Port were expected to resume yesterday evening.
In the North, more than 1,500 homes were left without electricity after gale force winds brought down power lines. Enniskillen, Omagh and Coleraine were the worst affected areas.
Bank of Ireland said the disruption to its services was down to a "serious ESB power outage" early yesterday that affected its systems. The outage hit the company's computer centre at Cabinteely in Dublin from about 6.30am yesterday, causing problems to its entire network and affecting branch, ATM and other card facilities.