Dozens of County Roscommon homes remain without power heading into 18th day

Dozens of homes in County Roscommon will remain without power tonight, Sunday and will enter the 18th day without power on Monday morning.

This evening ESB Networks said that it has restored power to over 767,000 homes, farms, schools, and businesses.

Following significant repairs carried out over the weekend, work is continuing into the night, the company said. “We expect that less than 700 customers impacted by the storm will be without power overnight. Work will continue to reconnect these customers from first light tomorrow.

“We anticipate that pockets of customers mainly in parts of Roscommon, North Galway, Mayo and South Leitrim will be out overnight. Their estimated restoration times will be updated to reflect this over the course the evening. If customers are in a position to, then we recommend that they check www.PowerCheck.ie for further details.

“Given the extensive damage to the electricity network and the volume of repairs completed, we are asking that if customers have not previously reported loss of power to please contact us immediately on 1800 372 999.

“The public should remain vigilant to the possibility of unidentified low hanging wires and should these be encountered, please keep away and report them to us immediately,” said the company.