It has been over a week since Storm Éowyn rolled into Longford leaving a path of destruction in her wake. READ MORE BELOW PHOTO The storm left almost everyone in the county without power, water and phone signal, the worst cases saw people's homes destroyed by fallen trees and the force of the winds. One area that was hit particularly hard was Granard town and its surrounding areas. Many of the schools in the area were still closed including one of their secondary schools, Cnoc Mhuire. However, amidst the chaos of the last few days Lus na Gréine, Granard’s Family Resource Centre managed to provide struggling locals with an oasis of heating, electricity, hot food and internet. Also read: Surge of anger and stress as Longford residents hit by prolonged power outages feel left behind Eileen Finan runs the family resource centre and has been since it first opened. Not only has she been providing people with respite from the effects of Storm Éowyn, but she and her colleagues have been heading out into the community to help those in need. “What we’ve been doing over the last couple of days is open up the place and let people charge their phones once the storm died down. “We made cups of tea for people and that kind of thing,” explained Eileen. Though Lus na Gréine was also without water they still managed by buying in a lot of the water and used collected rainwater to flush the toilets. Also read: Longford sees massive community response in the aftermath of savage Storm Éowyn Still, they continued providing for the community. “We’ve made soup, we’ve made sandwiches for people, little salads, brown bread, and scones. “We have fed anyone that came into us, we enabled people to 'work from home' as we’ve had lots of internet connection.” This was a great relief to many people working from home as they would have otherwise had to travel to Dublin. Also read: Over 8,000 homes and businesses in Longford reconnected by eir following Storm Éowyn Eamon O’Callaghan who lives just
PICTURES | Longford emergency hubs provide heat, water and wi-fi to Storm Éowyn stricken families
