07/08/2014

Thousands Of Dublin Homes Without Power

Around 3,000 homes in Dublin are without power due to damaged underground cables, ESB has reported.

It is understood that the power dropped on Wednesday due to damaged underground cables in the Crumlin area.

ESB have said that technicians are working on repairing the cables and hope to have power restored to all those affected by early afternoon.

(MH/JP)

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