It was ‘like Christmas morning’

The last customer to have their power restored following Storm Éowyn has said getting electricity back was “like Christmas morning”.

Storm Éowyn on January 24th cut electricity supply to more premises than ever before in Ireland, leaving almost 1 million homes, farms, schools and businesses without power across the island.

Mary Meehan from Dunmore in Galway told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that the last few weeks had been very difficult.

She said they “knew there was light at the end of the tunnel” when ESB crews arrived outside her home at 5pm on Monday evening.

“It was very difficult, but I suppose like everything else you just learn to adapt to what life throws at you. So I was cooking in my workplace, which is the national school. I was bringing in my slow cooker. I was also doing my washing between there and my sister’s house.

“I suppose we found the evenings most difficult when everybody was home again with no proper heat or light for…