Met Eireann is warning of a possible danger to life, fallen trees, power outages and structural damage.
Kildare has been placed on a red weather warning.
Met Éireann says Friday morning will see severe, damaging and destructive winds with gusts of up to 130 kilometres widely across the country - and even higher gusts for a time.
The warning is valid from 6am on Friday until 12pm.
Met Eireann is warning of a possible danger to life, fallen trees, power outages and structural damage.

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