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Almost 40,000 homes and business still without power following Storm Ellen

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

08:28 21 Aug 2020


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Just under 40,000 homes and businesses are still waiting to have their electricity supply restored.

Storm Ellen hit the country on Wednesday night, with gusts of up to 143 kilometres per hour recorded at Roches Point in Cork.

The worst affected counties for outages are Cork, Tipperary, Westmeath and parts of Galway.

Derek Hynes is with ESB Networks - he says they are working to get everyone's supply fixed today - press PLAY

Almost 40,000 homes and business still without power following Storm Ellen

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