Power outages across county Longford in wake of Storm Darragh

ESB Networks have received reports of a large number of outages in County Longford in the wake of Storm Daragh.

The electricity network provider are working on restoring power in near Longford, Ardagh, Edgeworthstown, Newtornforbes, Killashee, Ballymacormack, Aughnacliff, and Moyne .

The Powercheck website say most faults were reported at 23:57 yesterday (06/12/2024).

The estimated restore time is 19:00 today.

Also read: Uisce Éireann working to restore supply in Longford after Storm Darragh

There are hundreds customers affected by the disruptions.

ESB Networks have apologised for the loss of supply. They are currently working to repair a fault affecting premises and will restore power as quickly as possible.

ESB Statement 

Extremely strong and gusty winds associated with Storm Darragh have caused widespread and extensive damage to the electricity network across the country with over 325,000 homes, farms and businesses (11.30am) without power. There was approximately 395,000 customers without power at 7am.

Storm Darragh is similar in impact to Storm Ophelia in 2017, which left 385,000 customers without power at the peak but with more widespread impact across the country.

The impact is nationwide and there has been extensive damage to electricity infrastructure so far. With Met Éireann wind warnings remaining in place for the entire country until this afternoon, further power outages can be expected from potentially damaging gusts.

ESB Networks crews and partner contractors have been deployed since early morning to assess the damage of Storm Darragh, make the network safe and restore electricity supply in challenging conditions. All ESB Networks teams are mobilised and are continuing to closely monitor the storm impact on power supplies.

From our experience of previous significant weather events and due to the severity of Storm Darragh, we expect that power restoration will take multiple days. Significant numbers of impacted customers will have their power restored throughout today but restoration efforts will take a number of days and it is likely that the areas worst affected will take longer.

Given the scale of the damage and the dynamic nature of the event, we will be working to confirm restoration times for customers throughout the day and we will update www.PowerCheck.ie as information is confirmed. We advise customers to sign up for our “Keep me Notified” service for power outages on www.PowerCheck.ie to receive status updates directly. Our Customer Contact Centre Agents will be supporting customers throughout Storm Darragh but will not be in a position to provide outage information until the network assessment has been fully conducted.  

An Important Public Safety Message: If you come across fallen wires or damaged electricity network, never, ever touch or approach these as they are LIVE and extremely dangerous. Please report any damage to electricity infrastructure by calling 1800 372 999.