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06 Sept 2025

Let there be light! Electricity officially restored to all customers affected by Storm Éowyn

At the peak of the Status Red wind warning, a shocking 768,000 homes, farms, schools, and businesses were left without power

Let there be light! Electricity officially restored to all customers affected by Storm Éowyn

The estimated effect of Storm Éowyn on the national telecoms userbase was the largest in ComReg’s recording history

ESB Networks have confirmed today, February 12, that power has now been restored to all customers whose electricity was cut in the midst of record-breaking Storm Éowyn. 

At the peak of the Status Red wind warning, a shocking 768,000 homes, farms, schools, and businesses were left without power. Now, 19 days after the storm hit, electricity has safely been reinstated to all of Ireland

The estimated effect of Storm Éowyn on the national telecoms userbase was the largest in ComReg’s recording history.

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As a result of the death and devastation the storm brought, the government are being urged to implement an official storm protocol, to ensure that there are plans in place if this was to happen again. 

As of Tuesday, February 11, a total of 11 emergency response hubs remain open in Galway and Mayo. These hubs continue to serve the needs of customers who may be experiencing broadband outages.

ESB Networks wishes to remind the public to remain vigilant to the possibility of unidentified low hanging wires and should these be encountered, please keep away and report them to ESB Networks immediately.

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