Power cuts likely as ESB technicians mount strike action

Power cuts are likely in some parts of the country this weekend due to planned industrial action by ESB technicians.

The workers, members of the TEEU, are expected to refuse to carry out repairs between tomorrow and Monday as part of a dispute over the position of worker-director Joe LaCumbre.

Mr LaCumbre, who is also ESB deputy chairman, has claimed he was effectively dismissed from the position due to a row with the chairman, Tadhg O’Donoghue, over the company’s €511m pension deficit.

It is unclear if any efforts are being made to avert the planned strike action.