Clare County Council has issued a weather warning in advance of forecasted storm force conditions overnight and during the early part of Friday.
Met Eireann has introduced a Status Orange warning for Clare and is forecasting that Storm Gertrude will bring southwest winds later veering westerly and increasing to 65 to 80 km/h overnight with potential gusts of 110 to 130 km/h.
Clare County Council is advising members of the public to exercise caution in exposed coastal locations.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.