Man dies in front of son after his sleep apnoea machine broke during Storm Éowyn

The man's aesculapian technology, including slumber apnoea equipment, stopped moving during Storm Éowyn - and helium tragically passed distant successful beforehand of his lad soon after

A antheral who was incapable to usage his sleep apnoea instrumentality aft Storm Éowyn triggered powerfulness cuts successful his country aboriginal died astatine his doctor's appointment.

The Irish parliament was told that the man's aesculapian technology, including slumber apnoea equipment, stopped moving during the tempest and that helium tragically passed distant successful beforehand of his son, who had taken him to spot a doctor. Sinn Fein TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh said she was informed of the decease by a constituent.

Ms Conway-Walsh told the Dail connected Wednesday: “I was connected Midwest Radio this greeting and I said I person been frightened each week that thing was going to happen, that idiosyncratic was going to dice arsenic a effect of this successful Mayo."

She added: "Somebody from our ain constituency rang maine to picture to maine however the instrumentality that his begetter was utilizing couldn’t beryllium utilized – the mattress, the slumber apnoea, the respective different pieces of instrumentality – they couldn’t beryllium (used). When helium went past to instrumentality his begetter to the doctor, helium died successful beforehand of him. And that is the calamity of it, and that is however urgent this is.”

Storm Eowyn's "historic winds" besides killed Kacper Dudek, 20, aft a histrion fell connected his car successful Co Donegal during the greeting of the storm.

Dudek was carrying retired a U-turn aft coming crossed a roadworthy mishap moments earlier erstwhile the tempest uprooted a histrion - and crushed his car, connected Friday, January 24. According to the Irish Mirror, Dudek learned was connected the telephone to his begetter erstwhile the calamity occurred.

Sources accidental Kacper and a pal had been fto retired aboriginal from their nighttime displacement occupation and were driving location successful a two-car convoy erstwhile the mishap happened. Paying tribute to the young man, Ms Conway-Walsh said: “I bash privation to widen my condolences to the man’s household successful Donegal that mislaid his life."

On Tuesday, 25,000 radical successful Ireland were inactive without powerfulness and less than 300 were without h2o aft Storm Eowyn damaged homes and infrastructure.

The tempest claimed its archetypal beingness successful Scotland erstwhile a antheral was killed by "falling extortion tiles" amidst the grounds gusts. The 49-year-old antheral was killed successful Irvine arsenic the tiles fell connected him, earlier his household were informed by Police Scotland.

One neighbour said of the tragedy: "The archetypal I heard was erstwhile the constabulary knocked astatine the doorway astir 10.30am. I heard it had happened astatine astir 6.30am. They didn't accidental overmuch but I judge helium was recovered lying nether the archway. On immoderate different greeting I would person been retired and would person seen him."