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03/01/2012
Homes Left Without Power After 100MPH Winds
Some 11,000 homes are without power after over 100mph winds raged overnight in Ireland.
North Western counties were worst hit, with Eircom claiming they had almost 5,000 reported faults on their system.
A spokesman for the company said that due to the adverse weather conditions across the country Eircom fault levels remained high in many parts with north and western coastal counties of Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Galway and the north east counties of Louth, Cavan and Monaghan registering the highest level of faults.
In the south west of the country the worst affected areas are west Cork and Kerry.
"We have deployed additional repair crews to work on faults around the country. Our repair crews are working hard to repair all faults as quickly as possible.
"We would like to assure all of our customers we are making every possible effort to restore service as soon as possible and we will provide further updates in the coming days."
Last night saw winds gusting at up to 160km/h at times, with exposed parts of the north and northwest the worst affected.
(DW)
North Western counties were worst hit, with Eircom claiming they had almost 5,000 reported faults on their system.
A spokesman for the company said that due to the adverse weather conditions across the country Eircom fault levels remained high in many parts with north and western coastal counties of Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Galway and the north east counties of Louth, Cavan and Monaghan registering the highest level of faults.
In the south west of the country the worst affected areas are west Cork and Kerry.
"We have deployed additional repair crews to work on faults around the country. Our repair crews are working hard to repair all faults as quickly as possible.
"We would like to assure all of our customers we are making every possible effort to restore service as soon as possible and we will provide further updates in the coming days."
Last night saw winds gusting at up to 160km/h at times, with exposed parts of the north and northwest the worst affected.
(DW)
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