Gale force winds with gusts of up 120 kilometres per hour have been battering the country this afternoon.

Dublin Airport is reporting some delays due to the conditions.

The airport is advising that intending passengers, or those meeting people at the airport, check arrival and departure times in advance on its website.

Met Éireann forecaster Eoin Mc Sherlock says that Leinster can expect the worst of the bad weather this evening.