Resident urges switch to rival power suppliers

THE owner of one of the first homes to be swamped by the deluge has urged people to hit the ESB where it hurts – by switching to rival power suppliers.

Frances O’Callaghan, who lives in Inniscarra, Co Cork, said it is the best form of protest for flood victims angry at how the state-owned power company has treated them over the last year.

“I am not happy with the company’s attitude, its arrogance towards customers and residents downstream,” she said. “For a state body to think so little of the residents of Inniscarra and Cork city is a disgrace. We don’t sleep easy at night. It’s a miracle they don’t have blood on their hands.”