Three houses in the Newtowncunningham area have been badly damaged after being struck by lightning. Two houses have extensive fire damage while the third house received internal damage. The fire service attended the scene. Local councillor Paul Canning said: “All residents have been badly shook but are ok.”
UPDATE: Appeal to property owners to check for damage ahead of further winds
Property owners are being urged to check their buildings for structural damage and to secure any loose material ahead of the onset of Storm Jocelyn on Tuesday evening. Landowners are also asked to check trees on their land. It comes as Donegal County Council is warning of the possibility of further trees falling over the […]
Uisce Éireann working on water outages across Donegal with 13 supplies impacted
Uisce Éireann crews are working to restore water supplies in many parts of Donegal that have been impacted by Storm Isha. The utility company said a number of their plants and pumping stations have been impacted by power outages or poor raw water quality due to flooding. There are currently thirteen supplies impacted across Donegal. […]
Road blocked after tin roof blows off factory
A road in west Donegal is blocked after a roof blew off a factory. The Purt Road between Burtonport and Lackenagh is impassable at the factories due to the tin roof blowing off a premises in that area. Meanwhile the road at Altnagapple, Ardara is currently blocked due to a fallen tree and the L6243 […]
Work ongoing to clear fallen trees on county’s roads
WORK is ongoing to clear fallen trees on roads across the county as weather conditions continue to cause havoc. Earlier today Donegal County Council workers dealt with unstable trees that were about to fall on the R238 at Tooban. The road has now fully opened again. A fallen tree is partially blocking the N3 between […]
Over 40,000 ESB customers without power in Donegal
ESB crews are this morning working to repair faults all over Donegal where over 40,000 customers remain without power this Monday morning. Nationally, there are over 235,000 homes and businesses without power. Power outages were reported in west Donegal shortly after tea-time on Sunday as the storms began to hit the county. Advertisement The county […]
Major clean-up underway after Storm Isha batters Donegal
CLEAN-UP operations are underway throughout Donegal today as a result of Storm Isha. A status yellow warning for wind remains in place until 7pm this evening after extremely strong and destructive gusts tore through Donegal leaving many housebound as a result. Gale force winds accompanied by heavy rain brought challenging conditions, fallen trees and widespread […]
Parts of Finn Valley Centre’s roof blown away
Parts of aluminium sheeting have blown from the roof of the Finn Valley Centre due to extreme winds. The sheeting has blown across the road and Gardai are asking the public to avoid the area. The Centre also urged the public to heed the weather warnings and the advice from An Garda Siochana and Donegal […]
Roads blocked due to fallen trees
A number of roads are blocked due to fallen trees as Storm Isha hurtles across the north west. The R245 Ramelton Road is blocked with trees at Magherarennan outside Letterkenny. There are trees down on the Milford Kilmacrennan Road and sections of the road are flooded. There are trees down on the Milford to Kerrykeel […]
Thousands without power as ESB warn of more outages
Storm force winds associated with Storm Isha have caused damage to the electricity network across the country with thousands without power in Donegal. There are almost 3,000 premises in the Milford area without power while 1,600 are without electricity in the Creeslough area. In the Rossgeir area near Lifford 1,895 ESB customers are without power, […]