As at 12pm today, approximately 80,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without power following extremely strong and gusty winds associated with Storm Darragh.
The storm caused widespread and extensive damage to the electricity network across the country.
ESB Networks teams have restored power to 315,000 customers impacted.
The impact is nationwide but some of the most affected areas are in the North West, Midlands and South East.
Storm Darragh is similar in impact to Storm Ophelia in 2017, which left 385,000 customers without power at the peak but with more widespread impact across the country.
All ESB Networks crews and partner contractors mobilised again at first light to continue to safely restore power to as many customers as possible in challenging conditions.
The majority of customers impacted by Storm Darragh have had their power restored but significant numbers will be without supply for a number of days.
Due to the severity and significant scale of the damage some customers could be without power for approximately a week.
Assessment of the extent of damage is continuing.
It is important that any impacted customers who use electrically powered medical devices contact their healthcare professional to make alternative arrangements if necessary.
Given the scale of the damage and the dynamic nature of the event, ESB will continue to update restoration times for customers and will update www.PowerCheck.ie as information is confirmed.
A spokesperson for ESB said:
“We acknowledge the disruption to family and commercial life this causes, and thank customers across the country, especially those who will remain without power, for their patience as our crews work to safely restore power.”
Meanwhile, Uisce Éireann is continuing its work to restore water services to customers following the impact of Storm Darragh on water and wastewater services.
Since yesterday, approximately 40,000 additional customers have had their water supply restored.
Many areas which lost water can expect to see their supply returning over the course of the day.
However, there are a number of locations where it will take longer to restore supply.
These are generally areas where ongoing power outages have impacted on treatment plants and network pumping stations.
Current estimates indicate that 35 of 698 water treatment plants are currently affected due to storm-related issues.
They include the Manorcunningham and Letterkenny areas of Donegal, Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim, Longford town, Trim in Co Meath and parts of North Cork around Kanturk and Newmarket.
In some instances repairs have been complicated by bursts on the network which may take longer to repair.
Details of all outages can be found on the Supply Updates section of the www.water.ie.
Sources: ESB and Uisce Éireann.
