The ESB reports that over 23,800 properties suffered power outages throughout the night due to faults caused by the storm.The ESB’s powercheck currently states that there are power outages in Swords, Rathmines, Glasthule, Rathnew, Saggart, Navan, Duleek, and many other areas.The ESB has said to never approach broken lines or damaged poles, and to keep children and animals away.
Electric cookers, ovens, irons, etc. must be switched off if the electricity supply is lost, and candles, oil lamps, and other naked flames must be used with caution. Ensure adequate ventilation is possible if using gas heaters and leave a light switched on so you know when power has been restored.approaching so a good idea to keep phones tablets etc charged if you do lose Power you can get updates on most faults onlast night, Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy said that service interruptions were expected but not to such a high degree.Overnight, it was expected that up to a metre of snow was set to fall in many parts of Dublin and Wicklow.