200 premises still without power more than two weeks after Storm Éowyn
In an update, the ESB said work to restore supply to affected premises recommenced at first light this morning and that it had mobilised 'all available resources to restore power connections as soon as possible'.
More than two weeks on from Storm Éowyn, nearly 200 homes, businesses, farms and schools in the northwest of the country were still without electricity on Tuesday morning.
In an update, the ESB said work to restore supply to affected premises recommenced at first light this morning and that it had mobilised "all available resources to restore power connections as soon as possible".
The premises still without power are located mainly in Roscommon, north Galway, and south Leitrim.
The storm, which brought with it record-breaking gusts, saw more than 760,000 homes nationwide lose power and thousands more lose their water supply. A significant amount of telecommunications infrastructure was also damaged by the storm.
As part of the response, skilled technicians from agencies in Austria, Finland, the UK, Germany and Norway were brought into the most impacted areas.
ESB Networks also said that, given the extensive damage to the electricity network and the volume of repairs completed, customers who have not previously reported loss of power, should phone 1800 372 999 to do so.
On Tuesday, Uisce Éireann said it was working to return service to the final few customers still without water in the wake of the storm.
The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) met on Monday to co-ordinate work on restoring power, water, telecommunications and other services that were disrupted by the storm.
In a statement following the meeting, the NECG estimated the impact of Storm Éowyn on the national telecoms userbase was "the largest in ComReg’s recording history".
As of yesterday February 10:
- 0.34% of fixed service users were without services;
- and 0.14% of mobile service users are experiencing some level of degradation of service.
The NECG said repair and restoration work "has returned normal services to most customers and several fixed-service operator networks have been returned to normal service levels".
"That notwithstanding, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications recognises that many areas in the north and west of the country continue to be affected by outages, which have been caused by extensive damage to infrastructure in rural areas," a spokesperson said.
"Operators of fixed-line services have indicated that it may still take a number of weeks to fully restore their services due to the significant damage caused."
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