Storm Éowyn: Ireland asks EU for mobile power generators in emergency request for help

A landmark beech tree, which stood for several decades in Wilton , Cork, and around which the shopping centre was built and expanded, was among the casualties of Storm Eowyn. Pictures: Mike English

Ireland has lodged an emergency request for help with the EU for mobile power generators following the unprecedented damage to the electricity network during Storm Éowyn.

An estimated 402,000 people remain without power tonight, and another 300,000 could face another week without electricity after one of the worst storms to hit Ireland in living memory.