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160 Midlands Electricity Customers To Remain Without Power Until Tomorrow

Monday, 22 January 2024 16:54

By Kamron Clarke @kamron_clarke

As it stands, 1,200 customers are currently without power in the region.

Over 160 midlands homes are expected to be without power until tomorrow evening, after Storm Isha hit the country.

Over 1,200 customers remain without electricity around the region, with the ESB saying some of those, mainly in Offaly, won't have the faults restored until tomorrow.

Fresh off the back of Storm Isha, Storm Jocelyn is expected to make land tomorrow afternoon, with a range of weather warnings already issued by Met Éireann.

Senior Engineer with the ESB, Brian Tapley, says most of the issues are in the North West of the country:

There's outrage that Sligo was omitted from a status red warning along the north-west coast overnight.

Donegal, Mayo and Galway were issued with Met Éireann's most severe warning ahead of the arrival of Storm Isha, while Sligo remained under an orange alert.

Local restaurateur and chair of Sligo Tourism, Anthony Gray, is questioning the decision:

Storm Isha claimed the life of a man in his 60s in Northern Ireland yesterday.

He died after a crashing into a fallen tree and another vehicle in Derry.

Police in Limavady are asking for any witnesses to come forward.

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