A man was airlifted to hospital after breaking his leg while kitesurfing ahead of Storm Lorenzo.
The incident happened at Lady's Island Lake in Co Wexford this afternoon.
Eyewitness Brendan Cooney told the Irish Mirror: "I work as a Senior Exec Scientist with Wexford County Council's Environment and Marine section.
"I was going along the coast to check for storm damage when I got notified of an incident at Lady's Island Lake and checked it out.
"The kitesurfer came down hard in the storm and broke his leg. An ambulance was called in and the Coast Guard to rescue him and they called in the Coast Guard helicopter to evacuate him."
Meanwhile, weather forecasters are predicting that waves "the size of a two story house" will batter the Atlantic coast as the rest of the country prepares for 120km/h winds.
Galway, Mayo, Clare, Kerry and Limerick have been hit with the orange warning with gusts of up to 130km/h are expected to lash the west and southwest.
Wind will be slightly weaker than expected, but storm surges may cause damage in these counties.
Four weather warnings have now been issued by Met Eireann as Storm Lorenzo hurtles across Ireland.
A warning said: "Southwesterly winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds 60 to 80km/h with gusts generally of 100 to 120km/h, higher in coastal regions."
The Aran Islands RNLI volunteer crew launched their all-weather Severn class lifeboat at around 9.50am this morning.
The Irish Coast Guard made the request after a woman sustained an injury from an earlier fall and required further medical attention.
The lifeboat launched under Coxswain John O’Donnell and a full crew onboard and headed straight for Inis Meain.
Once the patient was transferred safely aboard under the supervision of the volunteer crew members, the lifeboat headed straight for Rossaveal harbour where the woman was handed into the care of the awaiting ambulance crew.
