Power restored to most of 25,000 homes 'before nightfall' - ESB
The ESB says only a few hundred customers were without power overnight after freak storms blacked out thousands of homes.
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The ESB has said that it was a transformer failure that caused the outage on Sunday. Amazon’s backup generators failed after the power cut.
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Heavy winds last night and early this morning caused a power cut to around 15,000 households.
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Heavy winds are expected to affect the east coast in particular today.
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Meanwhile, the ESB has restored electricity to almost 15,000 households who lost power yesterday.
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The ESB says a cable fault in the Loughlinstown area meant just over 2,600 homes were without power this evening.
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ESB Networks says a transformer was damaged during storms, and that crews are working to restore power.
View ArticlePower outages in Dublin and Cork
In Glassmore, Swords a fault has caused a power outage for around 21 houses and a fault in Cloyne, Co Cork means around 42 houses are without electricity.
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Homes in Raheny, Donaghmede and Howth were without power following a major service fault.
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Latest figures show 82 per cent more gas customers were cut off last year, compared to 2011.
View ArticleAround 3,000 homes without power after overnight storms
ESB networks says it’s hoped the affected homes and businesses will be reconnected by lunchtime.
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ESB Networks says the problem is expected to be fixed tonight.
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