Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years

As many as 100,000 people will still be without power for the rest of the week following Storm Éowyn while some will remain cut off from the grid until the end of next week, ESB Networks has warned.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.