Storm Éowyn: 100,000 could be left without power into February, says ESB 

ESB Networks crews and contractors at work near Dunmanway in West Cork during restoration works in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan/OSM

Ireland has asked the EU for generators while emergency response hubs are being set up in the areas worst hit by Storm Éowyn, coming amid fears that up to 100,000 people could be without power into February.

The hubs, which will be established by local authorities, will provide basic needs such as water, hot food, phone-charging facilities, broadband access, showers, and clothes-washing facilities.