Tens of thousands remain without power and water in Ireland following Storm Eowyn, which brought record-breaking wind speeds and caused widespread damage. Irish authorities are working to restore utilities, but some communities may be without electricity until next week.
Ministers have insisted that every effort is being made to restore power supplies that were cut during Storm Eowyn, amid concerns some communities could be left in the dark until next week.
Irish deputy premier and foreign affairs minister Simon Harris said that "everything that can be done is being done" to restore supplies. "But I am conscious as this goes on, the longer it goes on, the more hardship that imposes on people, and that's why we're carrying out a number of activities." He said the Air Corps had been assisting the ESB energy company and the Civil Defence had been carrying out a number of activities particularly in the north and northwest of the country.
He said emergency response hubs had opened in counties Cavan and Laois in order to improve communications with people left in the dark by outages, and further hubs would be opened.
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