Thousands of homes, farms, schools and businesses remain without electricity
Karl an Austrian electrician works alongside ESB employees to repair a power line that was damaged in Storm Éowyn. Photograph: Enda O'DowdESB Networks said it is mobilising “all available resources” to restore power to these premises “as soon as possible”. Power has been restored to 743,000 properties since theEstimated restoration times in the areas with the largest number of faults could shift and customers should check www.PowerCheck.ie, the ESB said.
The infrastructure manager said in some instances, when carrying out restoration work on main lines, customers whose power has been reconnected should be aware that it has to be disconnected again for very short periods of time to allow neighbours to be reconnected.Marty Morrissey: ‘I’m an only child of an only-child dad and an only-child mum.
In addition to the crews deployed, more than 1,300 support staff are involved in overseeing damage assessment, emergency call management, logistics and network operations. This is not climate resilience, it is suffering: how Storm Éowyn tore a hole in our preparations for extreme weather ESB Networks’ customer contact centre has also doubled its resources to accommodate the unprecedented high volumes of calls, resulting in short call response times throughout the day and night for their customers, it said.Irish Cancer Society unveils free services to help patients with diets, exercise and welfare issuesSinn Féin reshuffles Stormont front bench following Conor Murphy’s election to SeanadMarty Morrissey: ‘I’m an only child of an only-child dad and an only-child mum.