The outage occurred just after 8am this morning.
Thousands of people in Laois are without power after a major outage.
Over 2,200 homes, businesses and farms in the Portlaoise area are currently affected by the fault.
The outage took place shortly after 8am this morning.
ESB networks is apologising for the loss of supply, and says it's working to restore power, with an estimated re-connection time of 11.30am.
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