GAA club opens its doors to offer refuge to locals still without power after Storm Éowyn

Alan MacNeice, chair of the Kiltoom club, near Lough Ree, is one of thousands of people in Co Roscommon who have been without power for almost a week. Photo: Cate McCurry/PA

A GAA club threw opens its doors to local people to offer hot drinks, showers, warm food and somewhere to charge a mobile phone after thousands were left without electricity and water.

St Brigid's Club in Kiltoom, Co Roscommon, has become a place of refuge, offering families a place to cook a hot meal, while remote workers huddled over laptops on bar tables.