World in brief: January 22, 2025

IRELAND: The entire island will be under weather warnings tomorrow due to Storm Eowyn, with forecasters advising high winds will bring a “danger to life.”
The Republic of Ireland’s forecasting agency issued a nationwide Status Orange wind warning for between 2am and 5pm on Friday.
Met Eireann said: “Gale force southerly winds becoming westerly will bring severe, damaging and destructive winds with gusts of up to 80mph widely, with even higher gusts for a time.”
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