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Stormy weather leaves thousands without power

THOUSANDS of homes, farms and businesses were left in the dark due to a series of power outages across the county.

The loss of power followed a Status Yellow wind warning from Met Eireann for all of Donegal for most of last evening until 9pm.

The high winds caused outages to around 3,000 addresses in areas like Bundoran, Creeslough and Moville, according to ESB Networks.

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Power was restored today (Wednesday).

An outage that was reported in Creeslough at 8.15pm on Tuesday left homes and businesses without power for 14 hours until it was corrected at 10.20am today, while an outage reported overnight at 1.30am in Moville was restored by 9.20am today.

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