Electricity restored to all of NI after Storm Boelo

Guests attending a wedding on Lower Lough Erne in a County Fermanagh island ended up stranded after the ferry took on water during Storm Boelo.

At the weekend, the storm saw gusts of wind reach almost 80mph in some areas and led to flights and ferries being cancelled.

Guest Shéa Clarke, who was on Lusty Beg island said that, despite the weather spirits were high, the staff were "great and obviously it's too dangerous to cross and the boat can't cross so safety comes first".

"You could see the waves were rough and the wind was going," he said.

"Some people have slept in cars, some people have slept on sofas there's been eight people in one room sleeping on the floor.

"But the spirit has been good the craic is 90," adding as "long as we don't run out of Guinness or chips".

A boat has since been taking guests off the island.

A Met Office yellow warning for strong winds, mainly along the Antrim and Down coasts, lasts from 18:00 GMT on Monday until 03:00 Tuesday.

Olivia Millar, a cabin crew member based in London, was also a guest at the wedding and said the plan was to be in South Africa on Monday night.

"It hasn't felt like real life but everyone's been amazing and we've just made the most of it.

"We've drunk to pass the time and had a really good barbecue yesterday".

Staff at Lusty Beg Island Resort & Spa took care of guests who couldn't get off the island.

Michael Cadden, managing director at hotel, said they are "delighted at how staff and customers have dealt with this".

"The ferocity and the longevity of this storm was unlike anything we've experienced on the island before.

"This was a crisis, but we've now arranged to transport and are getting all our staff and customers safely home".

Kacper Dymarczyk, a bartender, was locked down with the guests and had to work through the storm.

"It was great craic, seeing other people drinking" he said as he laughed.

Dymarczyk added that there was "no concern" of running out of anything as they are "well stocked at all times".

Meanwhile in the Republic of Ireland, an ESB spokesperson said there are "a number of homes, farms and businesses still without electricity" on Monday morning, and that teams are working to restore the power to all properties.

About 5,000 homes, farms and businesses were still without electricity on Sunday evening in the Republic of Ireland.

In the Republic of Ireland, wind and rain warnings have also been issued for most counties along the south and west coasts on Monday evening.

Much improved weather conditions are expected on Wednesday with calmer and sunnier weather in the forecast.

Although some faults occurred overnight in Northern Ireland, and are showing on NIE's Powercheck tool, external, they are not believed to be storm related.

NIE said around 12,500 properties were without power at one stage after Storm Boelo.