The entire West Country was covered by a Met Office yellow weather warning for high winds, as Storm Éowyn battered parts of the region on Friday. Elsewhere, the sentencing of a drink-driver, whose crash caused a woman to lose an arm, also sparked a lot of reaction.

Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national meteorological service, said that the country had faced wind gusts of 114mph in County Galway– the highest recorded wind speeds ever recorded on the island.

NOAA hurricane hunters were sent to Ireland to collect data on events like Storm Éowyn. Video shows the P-3 Orion aircraft, nicknamed Kermit, against a backdrop of chilly ice and snow. We’re most used to seeing them flying in the tropics,