Carlow and Kilkenny appear to have escaped the worst of Storm Ashley.
A number of homes and businesses along the western coastal counties are counting the cost of damage caused and a major clean up is getting underway there this morning.
While ESB crews are out restoring power to tens of thousands of customers who were left without electricity for a time.
Our area remained under a yellow wind alert with Kilkenny Weather posting online that the strongest gust in the county appeared to be 80km per hour.
Gardaí in both counties telling KCLR News no major incidents were reported to them.
Some local events closed early yesterday (Sunday) as a precaution.
In neighbouring counties residents at a tented IPAS centre in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow were moved indoors while the Promenade in Tramore, County Waterford was closed until 8am this morning.
Carlow Weather has the post-storm outlook;
