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Trees down, rainbows up: Readers' pics of Hurricane Ophelia
Lisa Gibbons, Corbally, Co Limerick: 'This is Cian Gibbons on a tree that fell in his garden in Corbally. It damaged his trampoline and treehouse.'
Maeve Lynch, Co Cork: 'Trees and debris floating in the Lough, in Cork. The trees and branches that fell are being cleared up now by the council.'
Olive Davis, Tullamore: 'Our house is 115 years old. It now has a massive hole in the roof.'
Luke Coyle, Dublin: 'A tree fell onto the pavement right in front of us outside St Stephen's Green'
Stephen O'Rourke, Dublin: 'This photo was taken on the East Pier in Dun Laoghare, facing out towards Sandycove around 6pm on Monday.'
Julie Corcoran, Arklow, Co Wicklow: 'This is an unfiltered photo taken on my phone on a walk with my golden retriever Lola at Johnstown beach on Monday morning. It was extremely windy and there was no beach with the tide, but this picture shows threat of what's to come.'
Anamaria Hovenden, Co Kildare: 'I was extremely lucky as 60ft tree nearly fell on my house.'
Wind and rainbows in Rathmines, Dublin. Photograph: Aoife O Riordain
Sarah Reynolds, Navan, Co Meath: 'Our trampoline, which was tied town and double secured this morning, took flight around 3pm.'
A fallen tree breaks an electric cable in Terenure, Dublin. Photograph: Ilja Melnikov
Niamh Lynch, Cork: 'Two of my hens, fairly insistent on coming inside before the storm hit this morning. They are tucked up safely in the garage now.'
Tiffany Hodder Freedman, Ranelagh, Dublin 6: 'Sophie Freedman, who is four today, playing inside while sheltering from Ophelia.'
Flooding at Kinvara Pier in Co Galway at 3.15pm. Photograph: Lily Johnston
Flooding at Salthill, Co Galway. Photograph: Inga Turcan
Thomas Vanhoutte, Archerstown, Co Westmeath: 'Gazebo has just toppled and the wind has only started (12.30pm). The power went off few minutes ago and the wind gets strongner and stronger as the minutes pass.'
Warren Farrell, Co Wexford: 'Tree down outside the Maldron Hotel, on the road to Enniscorthy at 4.20pm.'
Rainbow over the rooftops in Sandymount, Dublin 4. Photograph: Catherine and Kurt Kullmann
Kinsale, Co Cork this morning. Photograph: Dave Brennan
Jen McAuley, Loughshinny, North Dublin: 'My house overlooking Loughshinny, where the roof tiles have come off and the back roof is starting to peel.'
Nathon Oski, Cork City: 'Mardyk Walk in Cork after the morning winds. A number of trees have fallen victim to the wind's brute unrelenting force.'
Sadhbh O'Flaherty, Dundalk, Co Louth: 'Search and Rescue teams risking their lives for thrill seekers in Dundalk bay this morning.'
Road blocked in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. Photograh: Vitalija Mackeviciene
In Mullingar, at 3pm.
Svetlana Popov, Dublin: 'This photo was taken from a Gasworks apartments window in Dublin 2 at about 4-5pm on Monday.'
Uprooted tree in Co Limerick. Photograph: Thomas Hennessy
