Latest: Power has now been restored to over 25,000 homes and businesses following a major power cut in north Dublin this morning.

A power cut in San Francisco that trapped people in lifts and left tens of thousands of others in the dark was caused by a massive failure of a circuit breaker that set off a fire at a power sub-station.

A contractor knocked out power to a Las Vegas Strip casino resort, displacing thousands of guests and gamblers, trapping nearly a dozen people in lifts and prompting a room-to-room search of the 33-storey tower.

Last Wednesday’s storms are fading into memory for most households — but not all. The Lucey family in West Cork have been without power since the high winds struck last Wednesday, and it could be Thursday before the power — and the water supply — is back. There is also the matter of the man of the house recovering from heart surgery, but despite it all, Tony, Mary, and daughter Chloe are keeping their spirits up.