Mayo man died after medical equipment stopped during Storm Éowyn - TD

A Mayo man died after medical technology, including sleep apnoea equipment, stopped working during Storm Éowyn, Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh has revealed.

The Erris-based representative said she was informed of the death by a constituent.

She told the Dáil: "I was on Midwest Radio on Wednesday 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 extend my condolences to the man's family in Donegal man Kacper Dudek, 20, was killed when a tree fell on his car in Co Donegal.

"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."