Storm Éowyn

Almost 326,000 homes and businesses lost power as a result of Storm Eowyn in January

‘No routes’ for NIE Networks to make compensation payments after Storm Eowyn

DUP MLA Stephen Dunne says he wants to see more urgency in the repairs to Cairn Wood.

Cairn Wood closure: Belfast road to open at rush hour, confirm bosses

Screengrab of Fibrus CEO Dominic Kearns giving evidence to a joint sitting of the Assembly's economy and agriculture committees at Parliament Buildings in Belfast

Comparing broadband storm repairs with power supply response ‘unfair’, MLAs told

Craigantlet Road, which runs past Cairn Wood's car park and links Belfast, Holywood, Newtownards and Bangor, is to close for a week to facilitate the repairs. Photo: Google Streetview

Cairn Wood: Stormont keeps council in dark on road closure for storm repair

In 2021 and 2022, around £1m was spent revamping trails through Cairn Wood. Photo: Visit Belfast

Major Belfast route to shut for Cairn Wood storm damage repair

Larne-based social enterprise that provides training, employment, and social opportunities for people aged 16 to 60 with learning difficulties, health conditions, and social disadvantages, receives support from Galgorm Collection

Galgorm Collection supports NI social enterprise to rebuild training facilities

Storm Eowyn caused widespread damage across Northern Ireland in January

Weather: Met Office issue yellow weather warning for parts of Northern Ireland

Snowy on the roads near Donegore in Co. Antrim on 9 January. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

NI warmest and driest part of the UK during January

Storm Eowyn caused millions of pounds of damage to school buildings across Northern Ireland, Stormont has heard

Storm Eowyn damage to schools in Northern Ireland cost millions, Stormont told

Electricity engineers inspect damage by fallen trees blocking Eglantine Road near Hillsborough following Storm Eowyn

Stormont Executive allocates over £17m to deal with impact of Storm Eowyn

Fallen trees being cleared in Cregagh Glen, Belfast.

Lockhart to internet firms: Get homes back online after Storm Eowyn

An image posted online by NI Electricity showing workers restoring a damaged line; at the peak of the blackouts, some 283,000 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland had lost power

Storm Eowyn: Power being restored to last homes in Northern Ireland

2000 homes in Northern Ireland remain without power

2000 homes still without power in Northern Ireland after Storm Eowyn

PACEMAKER PRESS BELFAST 24-01-25 Storm Eowyn hits Northern Ireland Thousands are without power in Northern Ireland today as Storm Eowyn batters the country with 80-100mph winds. This is the scene in Marine Gardens, Carrickfergus where a tree has came down. Photo - Andrew McCarroll/ Pacemaker Press : Storm Eowyn

'Ageing infrastructure and rural nature of NI factors in long blackouts'

Wilfred Garrett from Mallusk in County Antrim, who is receiving palliative care, is among the "miserable" residents affected as 8,000 homes remain without power in Northern Ireland a week after Storm Eowyn

Terminally ill man among 8,000 homes without power a week after Storm Eowyn

Local residents removing trees which had been blocking the the Eglantine Road near Lisburn following Storm Eowyn on Tuesday; at time of writing on Thursday, dozens of roads remain blocked

Storm Eowyn a week on: Over 4,000 medical appointments and surgeries cancelled

​​Almost a week on, the News Letter can reveal that over 4,000 hospital appointments and surgeries have been postponed as a result of last Friday's extreme weather.

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Fermanagh cattle farmer Gordon Elliott and son Freddy.

Fermanagh farmer still stuck in power blackout a week after Storm Eowyn

Photo from NIE Networks shows clearing damage by fallen trees, as around 43,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn. Issue date: Tuesday January 28, 2025. PA Photo.

Thousands still waiting for electricity after Storm Eowyn

Emma McGladdery experienced over five days with no power

Storm Eowyn: Long electricity blackout 'worse than lockdown'

Rowallane Gardens lost 150 trees to winds of up to 90mph.

Mount Stewart loses 10,000 trees as National Trust counts cost of Storm Eowyn

Broken telegraph pole as Storm Eowyn raged across Northern Ireland

Jonny McCambridge: Enough already as another power cut strikes

DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly.

MLAs didn't bring storm compensation rules in line with the rest of UK

Photo issued by NIE Networks of people clearing fallen trees as homesremain without power in Northern Ireland days after Storm Eowyn hit

'Unbearable': Tens of thousands endure fifth day without power due to storm

Photo from NIE Networks shows clearing damage by fallen trees, as around 43,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn. Issue date: Tuesday January 28, 2025. PA Photo.

200 engineers from GB deployed to help NIE after storm

Damage to Bangor Aurora caused by Storm Eowyn on Friday. Photo: Darren Kidd/PressEye

Damaged Bangor Aurora: Hopes some parts of centre will reopen soon, say council

NI Water areas of concern

Storm Éowyn: As many as 300 properties without water supply after assets damaged

Pictured outside Summerhill Residential Home with a tractor from farmers John Steele and Son are care home staff Kathleen Totten, Oksana Dulina, Karen Anderson, Allan Harrison, Lisa Harrison, Hollie Shaw and Richard Gordon.

Tractor power saves the day as big-hearted farmers rescue old folks' home

Farmers sped to the rescue of a County Down old folks home last Friday, when power was knocked out by Storm Eowyn.

Iain Gray

A classroom

Ten schools still not able to open today but will provide remote learning

A light bulb

10,000 properties to have their power reconnected as £1 million allocated

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole has asked who is in charge of the Executive's storm response.

Mixed reviews for Stormont's response to Storm Eowyn

NI Secretary Hilary Benn speaking to the media during his visit to NIE Networks HQ in north Belfast: David Young/PA Wire

'Government working hard to support NI' after Storm Eowyn says Hilary Benn

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn MP, visited NIE headquarters, Belfast and met with staff to discuss the latest in the recovery operation in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn.

Over 50,000 remain without power some three days after Storm Eowyn passed

A fallen tree partially blocks Moat Street in Donaghadee in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. Photo: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

More than 30 schools still closed in Storm Eowyn aftermath

Housing

Housing Executive get more than 5,300 calls after Storm Eowyn

Damage caused in Enniskillen by Storm Eowyn. Photo: Roy Crawford / UUP

Fire at MLA's property as 'fallen electricity cables set light to trees'

Damage to Bangor Aurora caused by Storm Eowyn on Friday. Photo: Darren Kidd/PressEye

Bangor £38m leisure centre still shut after winds rip roof off for second time

First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly hold a press conference in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, after Storm Eowyn hit Northern Ireland over the weekend

First and deputy first ministers call for goodwill payments from NIE Networks

A classroom

Here is a list of the schools having to close today in Northern Ireland

Clear up work across Belfast to clear debris and trees which were felled due to Storm Éowyn. Residents clear up on Kirkliston Drive in east Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Further support for Northern Ireland from London in Storm Eowyn aftermath

Maureen Johnston, who lives in the Castlereagh Hills and whose husband is ill, has been without power since Friday morning, and is dependent on her fire for heat and hot water

Concern raised for elderly and vulnerable in Storm Eowyn response

Roof damage sustained to the McMahon family home in Coalisland in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn

County Tyrone woman speaks after roof blows off during Storm Eowyn

Several households in the West of Northern Ireland have left without a water supply due to Storm Eowyn

Water supply issues in Fermanagh and West region of Northern Ireland

Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd (centre), pictured with First Minister Michelle O'Neill (left) and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly last October, is now in charge of the recovery phase following Storm Eowyn. Pic: Jonathan McCambridge/PA Wire

Storm Eowyn: Who's in charge of Northern Ireland's response?

Tree removal work on Cyprus Avenue in east Belfast. Approximately 75,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn

Approximately 75,000 customers without power in Northern Ireland

Damage at Drumrane Primary School in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. (Photo: Alan Robinson Facebook page)

MLA comments on 'significant damage' to school roof in Co Londonderry

SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Storm Eowyn: MLA struggles to contact NIE emergency line

The Dark Hedges in Co Antrim was battered by Storm Éowyn seeing another four trees ripped out of the ground.

Around 101,000 premises without electricity as new storm approaches

Crewe United have posted a picture of the club's Crewe Park ground with a message thanking everyone who helped to clean up following Storm Eowyn. (Photo by Crewe United)

Football club opens doors to community impacted by Storm Eowyn

Following Friday's Storm Eowyn red alert weather warning, a major clean-up operation is now taking place across Northern Ireland. On the sporting front, Northern Ireland Football League officials have provided morning updates to fans, with only a small number of Saturday fixtures called off. (Photo by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press)

Power supply problem hits one Irish League date but NIFL clear majority of games

A huge tree pulled down power lines and smashed a car when it crashed down in Glasgow during Storm Éowyn.

VIDEO: Huge tree crushes car and pulls down power lines

A fallen tree at the Cherryvale playing fields in Belfast on Friday January 24, 2025. Photo: David Young/PA Wire

Around 140,000 properties remain without power in NI following Storm Eowyn

Video taken by the weather tracking group shows their team member battling against the strong winds while attempting to measure the wind speed.

I braved 118mph winds to measure Storm Eowyn. I'm a weather tracker

The tree that collapsed against a house in Cyprus Avenue

Tree falls against house in Belfast's Cyprus Avenue - owner speaks of aftermath

Belfast International Airport has apologised for not being able to tell people whether or not flights are cancelled, but warns of serious disruption from Storm Eowyn. Photo: Belfast International Airport

Storm Eowyn travel chaos: More flights and ferries off while Belfast buses back

Damage to the roof of Bangor Aurora Leisure Centre, in an image posted to Reddit by user Seanalltogether.

Winds rip roof off Bangor Aurora Leisure Centre for second time in four years

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