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One thousand Galway homes still without power following storm
Galway bay fm newsroom – Over one thousand Galway households are still without power this lunchtime due to storm damage.
200 of these are located in the Kilbeacanty, Ardrahan and Peterswell area while 100 are without power in Kilcolgan.
400 homes have faults in the Tynagh and Woodland area while 170 have outages in the Ahascragh and Woodlawn areas.
Nationally up to 165-thousand ESB customers remain without power today with over 2,000 technicians continuing efforts to restore services.
Met Eireann says the adverse weather will continue over the coming days – with more heavy rain and strong winds forecast.
Paul Hickey the ESB operations manager is warning that it will take a number of days to repair the more severe damage