STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
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06 Sept 2025
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06 Sept 2025
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A number of flights have been delayed and cancelled due to the extreme winds associated with Storm Éowyn
A number of flights to and from Shannon Airport have been cancelled or delayed due to Storm Éowyn.
Mean speeds approached category one hurricane levels on the west coast, according to meteorological expert Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather.
While Shannon Airport is open and 'operational' the winds associated with Storm Éowyn are impacting some flights.
One passenger due to return home to Limerick from a holiday in Fuerteventura on Thursday night says their 5.40pm flight to Shannon was cancelled.
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At close to midnight, they said they had been bussed to a five star hotel in the very south of the island.
“We’re leaving again at 4.15am. They are telling us the flight will go at 7am,” they said.
And according to the Shannon Airport website the plane from the Canary Island is due to land at 11am.
However, many others haven’t been as lucky as a number of flights in and out of Shannan Airport have been delayed or cancelled due to the Status Red warning. Please click here for live airport information.
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