THE first Irish Storm Eowyn victim who died in a devastating road incident in Co Donegal has been named.
Kacper Dudek, 20, tragically died after a tree fell on his car at Feddyglass on the Lifford to Letterkenny road yesterday.
His body was removed from the scene to the mortuary in Letterkenny University Hospital.
A post-mortem examination will take place in due course and gardai conducted a full examination of the scene this morning.
Storm Eowyn caused devastation nationwide as it ripped through buildings, trees and power lines.
Record 183kph winds battered the country, leaving thousands of homes across the country still without electricity.
Some 528K homes are still without power today as ESB crews work endlessly to restore lines.
They said roughly 143,000 homes had their power restored so far.
Newly elected Táiniste Michael Martin thanked all those helping in the effort to respond to the ferocious storm.
He said: “The destruction caused by some of the strongest winds on record has been unprecedented, and there is still a huge amount of work needed in the days ahead to restore electricity, water and communications to hundreds of thousands of people.
“I’m grateful for the efforts of multiple state agencies to help those most in need, and we understand how difficult it is for homes and businesses across the island.
“This is a whole of Government effort including ESB, EirGrid, Irish Water, Local Authorities, the Defence Forces, Civil Defence, the NPWS, Coillte and others.
“I’ve been briefed by the Chair of the National Emergency Coordination Group, which will meet again today, and every effort is being made to get high voltage transmission lines up and running, homes reconnected and water supplies secured.”
As the massive Storm Eowyn clean-up operation continues, weather chiefs have warned of another storm brewing.
Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather said Storm Herminia is set to hit Spain.
But it will bring us wet and windy weather on Sunday and Monday.
Met Eireann have issued a number of yellow weather warnings that come into affect tomorrow.
A status yellow rain warning has been issued from 5am-5pm tomorrow for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford.
While a status yellow wind alert has been issued for 6am-6pm Sunday for Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Munster, Galway, Mayo and Sligo.
A status yellow wind warning comes into effect 11pm Sunday night until 6am Monday. for Cork, Kerry and Waterford.
