Farmer demand for generators surges over blackout fears

Mr Lombard said that for this winter, he “would have a real fear of where the farming community is going to be”.

Gerard Cantwell of Electrical, Generator and Pump Services Limited in Thurles said that “everyone is afraid at the moment” of what “unknown” the winter will bring for electricity supplies.

There have been calls for the Government to providing funding for the purchase of generators for dairy farms as the country faces a “complete and utter energy storm” this coming winter.

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association dairy committee chairman Noel Murphy has said that “fear” is growing among farmers as they try to plan for the months ahead.