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Updated 21.57
25,000 HOMES REMAIN without power tonight despite the ESB’s best efforts to get the network back on its feet.
Earlier 48,000 households were left without power as the full force of Storm Barney was felt around the country.
20,000 houses have had their power restored, but it does seem that those who are currently without electricity will remain in that situation until at least morning.
The most affected areas overnight will be:
While the ESB has said it hopes to have most areas reconnected by tomorrow evening it admits that with further bad weather expected on Wednesday, no guarantees can be made.
Earlier, ESB Networks said its infrastructure had been hit by winds of up to 125km per hour.
Emergency updates can be followed on the utility’s website here.
ESB Networks has also warned that members of the public should not approach fallen wires or damaged cables if they see them, and should call 1850 372 999.
Additional reporting Cianan Brennan
First published 16.37
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Sounds like a good initiative. Hopefully it’ll go to plan and do what it aims to.
There are so many single view articles on the Journal that it is hard to believe the Good Information Project. Who will be responsible for deciding what information is “good”? We only have to look at the headline the Journal put out this-morning about Sinn Fein putting ads in US papers, but it wasn’t actually Sinn Fein. Where’s the “good Information” there? Practice what you preach.
@Alan Wright: ah come on Alan, that is not fair. The journal is a beacon of independent academic truth finding. You accuse them of being biased??? Well well well, what makes you think that?!
@Alan Wright: Oh and the Politburo decides what is “good”, in conjunction with the Reichskulturkammer.
The good information project should maybe look at the previous article and it’s headline. Sinn Fein did NOT runs ads in America, an amalgamatIon of Irish groups there ran them.
@M Bowe: maybe its the good to someone information project. Or an excuse of a name to pass disinformation lol
Good luck with it, it could be very good….
Can Ireland be carbon-emission free by 2050? – We’re destined to shovel water from this sinking raft forever. Maybe in a decade the second hand electric car market will open up the idea to 90% of the population and there’s already barely any public transport so yea, maybe.
What should the working week look like after the Covid-19 crisis? – Get money however you can, the idea that we’re building for the ‘future’ through progress is laughable at this stage.
What could a new Constitution look like? – Words on a piece of paper.
@thesaltyurchin: Maybe you are right about our situation at the moment but maybe not. The pandemic, as well as having been a bloody awful nightmare has also had some unforseen positive effects – for example, the way Zoom and other platforms like it have opened up the possibilities of rearranging how people work, as well as allowing people who would not have previously have done so to engage in all sorts of classes, webinars, etc, thus broadening their knowledge base.
Whos uncle gave ypu the job to delete comments? I just wanna talk Fintan
The Good Information Project
@Young Politican: am doing FOI to get clear what EU funding pays for the project. And based on what criteria of the organization executing it. Like being in former DDR with all this deleting posts the do.
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