Sinn Fein TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh said she was informed of the death by a constituent.

A man died after medical technology including sleep apnoea equipment stopped working as a result of Storm Eowyn, the Irish parliament has been told.

Sinn Fein TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh said she was informed of the death by a constituent.

In a separate incident, Kacper Dudek, 20, was killed when a tree fell on his car in Co Donegal during the morning of the storm.

Ms Conway-Walsh told the Dail on Wednesday: “I was on Midwest Radio this morning and I said I have been frightened all week that something was going to happen, that somebody was going to die as a result of this in Mayo.

“I do want to extend my condolences to the man’s family in Donegal that lost his life, but very shortly after (the radio appearance), somebody from our own constituency rang me to describe to me how the equipment that his father was using couldn’t be used – the mattress, the sleep apnoea, the several other pieces of equipment – they couldn’t be (used).

“When he went then to take his father to the doctor, he died in front of him.

“And that is the tragedy of it, and that is how urgent this is.”

The impact of the storm was one of the major focuses on the Dail’s first meeting since nominating a Taoiseach.

Several members of the opposition had said not enough time had been set aside........

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