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Denmark and Poland send 17 generators to Ireland to help restore power and water

At its peak, two million people had their phone service impacted by Storm Éowyn.

IRELAND IS TO receive 17 generators from Poland and Denmark, as thousands in the country are still without power and water after Storm Éowyn.

It’s understood that a number of generators have already arrived today and have been made available to Uisce Éireann.

More are also on their way from Luxembourg.

New figures show that the number of people whose phone service was affected by the storm was two million at the peak. That’s 35% of mobile users.

At peak, over 281,000, or 10% of broadband customers were completely without services.

As of yesterday, around 2.5% of broadband services are impacted and 10% of mobile users.

Around 133,000 homes and businesses remained without power as of 11:30am this morning, while Uisce Éireann said that around 7,500 premises were still without water.

Some people have been told they could wait up to a week before they’re reconnected.

Pressure is mounting on the government to find ways to build resilience build so that the country can be better prepared for the next storm.

A government spokesperson pushed back against claims that it was slow to act, saying the force of the storm was unprecedented.

It was the first time the whole of Ireland was under a Status Red weather warning at once.

Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore has said it is “unforgivable” that the Dáil hasn’t been recalled to coordinate the State response.

She said that power and water outages are a real risk to the lives of vulnerable people, such as the elderly and those with disabilities.

Whitmore says the Defence Forces could be used to help with recovery efforts, as well as reaching those stuck without essentials.

“These are all ideas that could have been put forward and discussed if the government had agreed to recall the Dáil this week to outline their planned response to the crisis. Their refusal to do so is unforgiveable.”

Hardship fund?

Sinn Fein spokesperson on Agriculture, Food and Marine, Martin Kenny TD, has called on the government to establish an emergency hardship fund for farmers affected by Storm Eowyn, which he says has been “catrastrophic”.

“As the clean-up and restoration of electricity and water services continue in the aftermath of storm Eowyn, farmers are assessing and getting to grips with damage done to their farms,” he said.

“Many farms have had roofs blown off sheds, trees fall on sheds, fences, walls, and farm machinery.”

The Department of Social Protection’s Humanitarian Assistance Scheme is available to provide support to those living in properties directly affected by Storm Éowyn.The scheme does not pay for damage that is covered by insurance policies, nor does it cover commercial, agricultural, or business losses.

The income limits for the scheme are €50,000 for a single person, €90,000 for a couple and €15,000 per dependent child

So far, the Community Welfare Service has dealt with over 1,000 enquiries and issued 636 payments totalling €123,780 following Storm Éowyn.

The new government has committed to developing an Extreme Weather Event Assistance Scheme, which is separate from its existing payout schemes.

The programme for government outlines a commitment to prepare and manage the impacts of extreme weather events “as climate risks continue to rise”.

With reporting by Christina Finn

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    Mute John Fahy
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    Jun 24th 2022, 8:39 AM

    Why is there no video footage from the front line???

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    Mute Ciaran
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    Jun 24th 2022, 8:57 AM

    @John Fahy: there is actually a half decent Instagram page called “realnewsnobullshit” with front line footage uploaded daily.

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    Mute Dave Walsh
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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:04 AM

    @John Fahy: There is, but you can imagine there won’t be much of it. Some people aren’t stupid enough to stand out holding their phones up when bombs are dropping. They have more important things on their minds.

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    Mute Wooden Spoon
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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:06 AM

    @John Fahy: Go on to reddit and you’ll see plenty on r/combatfootage but if you want Russian footage then download Telegram and find a group called ‘Intel Slava Z’. There’s so much footage out there and it’s easy to find. I don’t understand why people can’t grasp the concept that a war is happening.

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    Mute Pol Mlp
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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:07 AM

    @John Fahy: because war is brutal and footage from it can be quite distressing and disturbing to watch..its not like the movies..if you want to see footage you can easily find it on the likes of twitter and reddit among other sites..however most news agencies won’t be showing any footage for obvious reasons

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    Mute Calvin James
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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:33 AM

    @John Fahy:
    They’re not letting many journalists near the front, not sure if it’s to keep moral high among the people or that there’s too high a risk of journos getting killed or a bit of both. I’m in Dnipro now and it’s very difficult to go anywhere east from here

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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:36 AM

    @John Fahy: go on Telegram. Plenty of videos.

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    Mute John Fahy
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    Jun 24th 2022, 10:45 AM

    @Dave Walsh: is that not the job of journalists and news crews? I grew up during the Vietnam war and there was video footage on the news every day. Something is very suspicious here

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    Mute Calvin James
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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:00 AM

    @John Fahy:
    The war here is very different to Vietnam for journalists, Russia are pounding and destroying everything in front of them with artillery with better range than the Ukrainians and moving forward, artillery is blind, particularly Russian artillery

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:19 AM

    @John Fahy: I believe that the Ukrainian Army asked people to stop sharing videos of their attacks on line as it exposed and revealed their positions. Since I read that somewhere (some time ago) I have noticed a significant reduction in videos – it may or may not be the reason – but it makes sense. Still I am surprised by the lack of footage myself.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:26 AM

    @Calvin James: Technology exists today to put unmanned cameras in place that transmit footage to a remote location.

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    Mute Calvin James
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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:33 AM

    @Niall Ó Cofaigh:
    This is also true, I got rumbled taking a photo of a mural and had to wait to get questioned by secret police, they informed me that a Turkish ship was docked and took footage of missiles being fired, he shared it and it made MSM in Turkey, Russia destroyed the facility an hour later. As I also explained earlier in the thread it’s an artillery war, you’d be an absolute idiot to be within 15km of the front line with the way the war is being fought

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:40 AM

    @John Fahy:
    Such technology would give away Ukrainian positions

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    Jun 24th 2022, 12:08 PM

    @John Fahy: you will find all you want on VK

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    Jun 24th 2022, 12:25 PM

    @John Fahy: it’s called IPsec

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    Jun 24th 2022, 3:03 PM

    @John Fahy: Goodman John, why don’t you do a bit of freelancing to satisfy your suspicions…

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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:11 AM

    Of course, Ukraine’s future is part of the EU. Well the western part anyway as it’ll likely be absorbed into Poland. The southern and eastern will be unlikely to join as they’ll be part of Russia which probably won’t get EU status anytime soon.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:33 AM

    @Seán: wrong Ukraine will get all of its territory back.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:40 AM

    @shligo boyzz: You are living in an alternative world if you really believe that the m.upp.et zelensky will get the territory back,they’re part of russia now, and THEY are not going to give them up as easily as zelensky did.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 9:53 AM

    @Darren Murphy: youre a m0ron if you think ukraine is giving up anything easily

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    Jun 24th 2022, 10:10 AM

    @Rian Lynch: I can’t wait till all the pro Russian heads on this app are proved wrong.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 10:12 AM

    @shligo boyzz: Like they took back Crimea? They’re retreating from the Donbass currently so exactly when are they going to start this massive counter-offensive? Winter is coming and that means gas bills, Western governments are going to start caring about their own citizens protesting the cost of living crisis and kicking them out of power and less about delivering arms and defeating Russia. That means the west suing for peace, putting an end to the Ukraine crisis and normalizing ties with Russia to some degree.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 10:25 AM

    @Seán: the big counter offensive has started in the south with Kherson that’s more important than anything in the east atm I’m only a armchair general but Russia is weakening they focused 4 fronts into 1 in the east and all they can get is a tiny bit of land. And I’m in no way underestimating Russia they may be stupid but have a numerically advantage in man and equipment. It will be though but I think eventuality get back the pre feb 24th borders and god knows what will happen after that.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:11 AM

    @Seán: who said Crimea is lost. There is already several ukrainian offenses on all though there seems to be no real effort going on to push on with them. Russia has run out of guided weapons and is using inaccurate weapons systems like artillery. They are still making very little progress with some Russian forces turning on their commanders in the dombass region. To say Russia has this won is well wide of the mark. They could win it but on current form it looks like Russian military forces in the east of Ukraine are being destroyed slowly. An analyst I listened to yesterday claimed that the Ukrainian forces are in a position to force Russian forces out of many areas but seem to be holding off. He’s unsure why but thinks the Ukrainians are trying to destroy Russia forces. These places the

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:16 AM

    @Allora: Russians are gaining are not valuable in relation to military strategic positions. They appear to be political assets. Severodonetsk is a city divided in 2 by a river. It appears the Russians are entering the city to be destroyed by the Ukrainians. Its another stalingrad for Russia.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:16 AM

    @Darren Murphy: why are you calling zelensky a muppet? most rational people think he is one of the greatest leaders a country has ever seen. If you’re simply pro-russia and the war, then fair enough, i get it.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:55 AM

    @Darren Murphy: Not sure how fighting for 100 days against a massive assault can be stated as “giving them up easily”

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    Jun 24th 2022, 3:06 PM

    @Darren Murphy: No critic of Putin ? … how odd

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    Jun 24th 2022, 10:04 AM

    The Ukrainians are doing fantastic work; holding the invaders back whilst grinding them into the ground to allow the Kherson offensive to get underway.

    Russia is finished, thankfully.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:29 AM

    @Stephen O’Neill: which Ukrainians are doing fantastic work…… the Nationalists or the Republicans…. if only Zelenskyy had kept his election promises…if only…… none of this would have happened.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:56 AM

    @Fergus Quinlan: which election promises ?

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    Jun 24th 2022, 11:56 AM

    @Fergus Quinlan: Which election promise?
    Because he didnt make overtures to NATO until AFTER the Russian troop buildup along their border.

    NATO military assistance has been ongoing since 2014. Well before Zelensky was elected.

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    Jun 24th 2022, 1:45 PM

    The commies are awake I see

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    Jun 24th 2022, 3:10 PM

    @Fergus Quinlan: Ah Fergus, the man that used an article on the slaughter of 21 kids in Uvalde to push his anti Ukraine/pro Russian agenda (that took some doing I’ll give ya that) ….. a true humanitarian

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    Jun 24th 2022, 4:41 PM

    Every week Zelenski sounds more and more like Comical Ali. “We are beating them back”, “They are losing so many men they cannot continue”, “We are holding our ground and will not retreat”

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