Electricity has been restored to over 736,000 homes and businesses as the ESB work on the final 30,000
Thousands of homes remain without power more than a week on from Storm Éowyn as those who have had their electricity restored are warned it could be disrupted again.
Customers are being warned that after being reconnected they may experience “some short disruptions to power to allow neighbours to be safely reconnected”. NECG said the “vast majority” of schools should be open as normal on Tuesday as power has been restored to over 300 schools that were affected. While 400 premises are still without water, Uisce Éireann has deployed and installed generators at "almost all" of the plants. The estimated effect of Storm Éowyn on the national telecoms userbase was the largest in the Commission for Communications Regulation recording history.
It is open to those in affected areas who do not have any power or water supply and includes support to pay for alternative accommodation if necessary. The first stage of the programme provides emergency support payments for food, clothing and personal items in the immediate aftermath of the event. Many people across the country have complained that a lack of electricity and water supply is seriously impacting their lives. Emma Ward, in Athenry, Co Galway, is a wheelchair user and has been without power since Thursday, January 23.
CEO of Irish Rural Link Seamus Boland said there “wasn’t much talk about the aftermath” of the storm when the country was issued the red wind warning. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland earlier today, he added: “I think it was only afterward that communities really got organised.
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