Storm Ophelia has claimed the lives of three people

Its making it's way across the country

A man in his 30's has died in a chainsaw accident while trying to clear a fallen tree in County Tipperary.

A woman in her 50's was killed when a tree fell on her car in Waterford - while a third person has been killed after a falling tree struck a car in Ravensdale, north of Dundalk County Louth.

The Department of Education has announced that all schools will remain closed tomorrow. 

More than 360 thousand homes and businesses are now without power.

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