Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann warning of a possible "danger to life". The alert comes into effect at varying times from 02:00 on Friday and will end at varying times. Met Éireann has warned that "severe, damaging and destructive winds" are expected, with gusts of up to 130km/h.

Martin John McCauley was charged with the murder of Sergeant Sean Quinn and constables Allan McCloy and Paul Hamilton in 1982

Forensic evidence links a man to the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in Northern Ireland in 1982, a court has heard. Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in Naas, County Kildare, appeared in the dock at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering three policemen in Northern Ireland in an IRA bomb attack in 1982.

Martin McCauley — who was one of the famous ‘Colombia Three’ — presented himself to Kildare Garda Station, from where he was transported to the High Court

A 62-year-old man has today been extradited from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland where he is sought to stand trial for the murder of three RUC Officers in 1982.

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A man has today been extradited from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland where he is sought to stand trial for the murder

A 62-year-old man has been extradited from the Republic to Northern Ireland where he will stand trial for the murder of three RUC Officers in 1982.