Urgent repairs to leave 1,700 without power in Bantry on Thursday

A spokesman warned that if an unplanned additional failure occurs before the repairs are done, Bantry town and surrounding area could see a power outage that could last up to 48 hours

ESB Networks has confirmed that it has issued an outage notification to 1,698 customers in the Bantry town area from 9am to 5pm next Thursday.

Almost 1,700 people in Bantry, West Cork, will be left without power for most of next Thursday to facilitate urgent repairs to the town's electricity network.

ESB Networks has confirmed that it has issued an outage notification to 1,698 customers in the Bantry town area from 9am to 5pm next Thursday while it repairs a fault in the town’s 38kv station. A critical piece of infrastructure failed and requires urgent replacement, a spokesman said.