Power outages continue to cause disruption in Donegal


By Dionne Meehan TEN days after Storm Éowyn, approximately 1,250 customers remain without power across the county. As restoration work continues, skilled technicians from counterparts in Austria, Finland, France and Britain are on the ground in the worst impacted areas supporting ESB Networks crews. Advertisement Further support from Germany, Netherlands and Norway is expected to […]

Power outages could continue into next week


By Róise Collins THOUSANDS of ESB customers in Donegal are today entering a fourth day without power after Storm Éowyn ravaged the county on Friday morning. It is likely that many homes and businesses in the county will remain without power until into next week. Advertisement The extreme, damaging and destructive winds associated with Storm […]

Major ESB fault leaves thousands without power


ALMOST 10,000 ESB customers in the Letterkenny area are being impacted by a major fault this evening. The fault is affecting 9,908 customers in the Gortlee area of the town.   The power outage was reported just after 5pm this evening and the estimated restore time is 9pm. Advertisement   “We apologise for the loss […]

Gortahork man is keeping ‘er lit


A Donegal man is in charge of keeping the lights on in the country! Charlie McGee from Baltoney, Gortahork, is System Operational Manager (Ireland) at EirGrid. He is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the National Control Centre (NCC) for electricity which is responsible for matching electricity production to customer demand on a 24/7 […]

Power outage caused by fault at Letterkenny substation


THE MAJOR power outage across north Donegal earlier today was caused by a fault at the ESB’s substation in Letterkenny. A Spokesperson for the ESB said: “ESB Networks can confirm that up to 40,000 customers in and around the Milford area were impacted by a power outage at 12.15pm on Friday 6 September. ESB Networks […]