ESB regional manager Siobhan Wynne has said that it would be the weekend before power is restored to the remaining 25,000 customers who have been without power since Storm Éowyn 12 days ago.
Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Ms Wynne said that the worst affected areas are Galway, Mayo ,Roscommon, Leitrim with Cavan, Longford, Sligo, Monaghan and Donegal also impacted.
“All of our resources continue to work over the weekend and again early this morning with almost 3,000 people working on the ground, including our own crews and crews from different international utilities. And we have additional crews now arriving in the morning from Northern Ireland.
“We expect to get the majority of these 25,000 customers back over the next couple of days and restoring power then to remaining customers over the course of the remainder of this week.”
Ms Wynne acknowledged that it could be the end of the week and into the weekend before power is returned…
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