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Thursday 22 October 2020
A status yellow weather warning is in place until the early hours of tomorrow morning.
People have been warned to stay away from fallen power lines.
Charge your phone and any other devices in your house – and don’t touch any fallen wires.
Around 120,000 ESB customers in west Dublin were left without power after the blaze.
ESB crews are working to restore outages in challenging conditions.
To-date this year, 142km of power lines have been stolen.
Strict new coronavirus measures have come into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
ESB Networks are on the case.
There were winds of up to 100 kilometres in some areas last night.
Any other time. But NOW?
Power has been restored to 185,000 customers since Wednesday afternoon.
Met Éireann releases new alert for this afternoon as wild weather set to continue.
Numbers are expected to rise as the bad weather continues.
Businesses and households are facing the possibility of power cuts next month if the ESB workers proceed with strike action on 16 December.
Everybody’s talking about the pay of senior HSE staff, two robberies in Dublin, and the possibility of power cuts.
ESB Networks has now restored power.
The west coast has been particularly badly hit by the overnight high winds, with power cuts from Donegal to Limerick.
In Glassmore, Swords a fault has caused a power outage for around 21 houses and a fault in Cloyne, Co Cork means around 42 houses are without electricity.
Winds of up to 110kph have been battering the west coast, with forecasters warning of damage to trees and buildings.
The death toll from Hurricane Irene has risen to 35 across ten states. Authorities are working to clear the storm damage and restore power to almost 8 million homes and businesses.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
ESB says it hopes to have power restored to areas affected by the close of business today.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
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Chilly with a blend of sun and clouds
Max: 10 °C
Min: 6 °C
Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with periods of rain
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
