32,000 still without power as ‘good progress’ made on schools with ‘vast majority’ to reopen tomorrow

Power has been restored to 736,000 homes, farms, schools, and businesses however, 32,000 customers remain without supply. The worst remaining impacted areas are Sligo, Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Longford and Roscommon.

The vast majority of schools now have power restored and will reopen as normal tomorrow.

At the peak, over 300 schools across the country were without power.

The National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) met again today. In an update this afternoon, it said that “very good progress has been made in terms of restoring power to schools”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s News at One, regional manager with ESB Networks Siobhán Wynne said the number of schools still without power should be significantly smaller by tomorrow.

She said “about 150 schools” were impacted, adding the “figure has greatly reduced this morning”.

ESB Networks, she said, is “looking to restore supply to them or to deploy generators”.

“We are hopeful that as of tomorrow morning, it will…

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