section_path: Warnings and preparations/Ireland
section_name: Ireland
paragraph_text: Ireland
  
  On 22 January 2025, in anticipation of the storm's arrival, the Irish meteorological service Met Éireann issued an orange wind warning for all 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland for the period 02:00 to 17:00 UTC / GMT on 24 January 2025 and, in addition, a red wind warning for counties Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick covering the period 03:00 to 10:00 on 24 January 2025. Met Éireann predicted 130 km/h (81 mph) gusts widely, with even higher gusts for a time. On 23 January 2025, Met Éireann and the UK Met Office issued updated red weather warnings for 24 January 2025 covering all counties of the island of Ireland. Anticipated impacts included fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages, structural damage as well as disruption and cancellations to transport with wave overtopping for coastal areas, especially in the west.
  
  All schools, preschools, colleges and universities were ordered to close for the entire day. Non-essential services ceased and many supermarkets either closed for the whole day or opened after the red alert was lifted in the area.
  
  The Hurricane Hunter aircraft of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were deployed to Shannon Airport on 22 January, in order to conduct operations studying Storm Éowyn as it approached landfall. It was the first time the Hurricane Hunter aircraft had been deployed to Europe since Hurricane Ophelia in 2017.