THE last few days have been very difficult for most people across the county as members of the public struggle to go about their daily business in the wake of Storm Éowyn, which ripped through the country in the early hours of last Friday morning.

Mayo has experienced Met Éireann red warnings in the past, but the violence of this storm was truly shocking.

Mayo County Council, Met Éireann and indeed all of the emergency services had done their best to alert the public to the likely ferocious nature of the storm. If anything, we were lucky that it happened during the nighttime, when most people were at home in their beds.

The scale of the damage was unprecedented, and the local council has warned that it is going to take some time to complete the clean-up right across the county.

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