More than 180,000 homes, farms, businesses and more have been left without power today from damage caused by Storm Amy.
As of 5:15pm approximately 184,000 homes, farms and businesses are without power, predominantly in counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal.
The ESB has said that further outages are likely throughout the evening, with weather warnings for Storm Amy still in place and the “dynamic nature” of the damage caused by the storm.
An Orange wind warning will be in place for Galway until 10pm, and a yellow warning thereafter until midnight tonight.
ESB crews and partners have been assessing the damage this evening and are working to restore power where it is safe to do so.
“Our crews will continue the restoration for as long as possible this evening but, with the difficult conditions, it is likely that the majority of customers will not have their power restored tonight.”
“We acknowledge the disruption to family and commercial life this causes and thank impacted customers for their patience as our crews work to safely restore power,” a statement from the ESB read.
Many roads in Galway have been rendered impassable due to flooding and fallen debris from the storm, which is expected to continue into Saturday morning.
A Status Yellow wind warning will be in effect for Clare, Kerry, Galway, and Mayo from midnight until midday on Saturday.
