Ireland will be hit with gusts of up to 130km/h as Storm Brian arrives this weekend, but experts have said it will cause less damage than Storm Ophelia. Met Éireann has issued wind and rain warnings from tomorrow morning. “Last weekend was an unprecedented event; we had no experience of hurricane conditions,” Mr Hogan told Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio One. “We don’t know what the impact [of Storm Brian] will be. I would be much more confident.”ESB Networks said 63,000 properties were still…

Source: The Times October 19, 2017 22:52 UTC