Winds of up to 80 m.p.h. caused widespread damage across the country early yesterday, leaving 40,000 homes without electricity and causing havoc with transport timetables.
All but 1,500 homes which lost electricity in the storm had power restored by last night.
An ESB spokesman said it would have emergency crews back out at first light this morning to get to the last remaining homes, which were located in isolated parts of counties Carlow, Dublin and Wicklow, as well as the midlands.
Air, ferry, rail and road commuters were also inconvenienced by the storm as most scheduled services were either delayed or cancelled.
Passengers on an Aer Lingus flight to Amsterdam were forced to abandon their luggage in the Dutch airport after the local authorities decided it was too dangerous to open the cargo doors. The airline had no choice but to fly the plane back to Dublin with the luggage on board.
Hundreds of UK athletes planning to travel to Dublin for today's marathon were also badly affected. Many were rescheduled to late-departing flights and ferries last night.
Although a number of sporting events were cancelled at the weekend, the Dublin marathon is not under threat. Winds of no more than 15-25 m.p.h. have been predicted for today.
An inspection is to take place at Galway racecourse this morning to determine whether its race meeting today can go ahead.
Met Éireann said the highest wind speed it recorded over the weekend was 77 m.p.h. at Dublin Airport. This was closely followed by Rosslare, Co Wexford with 76 m.p.h.
Fallen trees blocked roads in a number of counties, including Dublin, Carlow, Cavan, Wicklow, Cork and Clare. A number of storm-related minor road incidents were reported throughout the country.
The Irish Marine Rescue Service reported a relatively quiet weekend as many sailors heeded warnings to stay on land. In the most serious incident, a German cargo ship en route to Seville lost much of its cargo overboard, including seven large modules of construction equipment, about 80 miles south of Mizen Head.
Dart services between Howth Junction and Malahide were cancelled for several hours early yesterday after a tree came down on overhead wires.
Elsewhere in Europe, at least 10 people were killed as gusts reached up to 100 m.p.h.
Six people, including three children, were killed in Britain as trees were ripped from the ground, crushing cars and blocking train lines.
In Germany, a man died when the roof of his house collapsed.
A Dutch woman was also killed in Germany when a tree hit her car and a 56-year-old farmer died after being struck by lightning.