Dozens of ESB technicians heading to France to assist with Storm Ciarán recovery

ESB Networks senior manager Alan Kelly who will lead the ESB crews in France. Picture: Iain White/ Fennell Photography

Dozens of ESB Networks technicians are travelling to France from today to assist their French counterparts to restore power following the impact of Storm Ciarán.

More than 1.2m French homes and businesses were left without power by the storm earlier this week, as gale force winds and gusts of up to 210km/h knocked over trees and caused damaged power lines.