Technicians from England and France to help restore power in Ireland

Technicians from England and France are set to help restore power to homes and businesses across Ireland following Storm Éowyn.

More than 300,000 remain without power across Ireland following record-setting wind speeds.

Some 768,000 were without power during the peak of the destruction caused by the storm on Friday.

On Sunday morning ESB Networks said the number of customers without power had reduced to just over 340,000.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said every effort is being made to restore power and water supplies, describing the destruction caused as “unprecedented”.

One man was killed during the storm. Kacper Dudek, 20, died when a tree fell on his car in Co Donegal early on Friday morning as Storm Eowyn began its destructive course across Ireland.

Tánaiste Simon Harris said the Irish Defence Forces were assisting ESB…

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