Thousands of Munster residents still without landlines after storms

More than 5,000 homes in Cork, Kerry, and Limerick are still without landline phones after recent storms.

Many elderly people, living alone or in isolated areas, are affected by the delays in repairing the network.

Some consumers have been without a service for several weeks and it will take about two weeks to clear the remaining fault backlogs, according to Eircom.