The worst of Storm Hannah is over, according to Met Éireann, but her effects are still being felt in several counties.
The storm, which raised a status red warning from the national meteorological service, hit the southwest coast last night, and had a serious effect on the power lines. According to ESB’s Powercheck service, there are several clusters of power faults in the southwest counties. In the Ennistymon region alone, there are 1188 homes without power. In coastal regions of Kerry and Cork, thousands more homes have been effected.
On Twitter, ESB has confirmed that the power will be out in certain areas until as late as 8.30pm today.the ERT for the outage affecting this area is 8pm, however our crews are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. For updates on the outage please visitapologies for the inconvenience caused, the ERT on the fault affecting your home is 8.30pm, however, our crews are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.