Ophelia leaves 74,000 Co Cork homes without power

All national roads and all but a handful of regional roads in Co Cork are now passable, but work was still being carried out last night on 70 rural roads still blocked by fallen trees and 74,000 homes in the county remain without electricity.

More than 300 county council staff, aided by 60 tree surgeons and a fleet of 100 tractors and JCBs are continuing to clear the debris.

Firemen from 16 stations were involved in the clean-up and have so far attended to 46 incidents, including six road crashes attributed to the storm, while rescuing three people from damaged buildings.