Sixty technicians from France arrive to assist with each fix restoring only eight to ten premises each
Storm Darragh was the most powerful to cross the country in more than four years. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Sixty technicians from France arrived in the country yesterday to assist in restoring power along with teams from Northern Ireland Electricity.Storm Darragh was the most powerful to cross the country in more than four years and generated gusts in excess of 110km/h in many places.
“We are at the really difficult part of the storm restoration,” he said. “Realistically it will be the end of the week. Each fault takes a bit of time to remove the debris and repair it and only a small amount of customers are restored.” Damage done to the port of Holyhead is causing delays for Irish hauliers bringing goods to the UK and the EU. BM Transport manager Darren Murphy said he has 80 lorries waiting to travel to the port.
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