More than 6,500 ESB customers are without power as wintry conditions sweep parts of the country.
The company says it has 102 different outages on the system at the moment.
We have some large faults in parts of the country this morning ,apologies for the inconvenience,updates on https://t.co/kbGYuYwNfg #staysafe
— ESB Networks (@ESBNetworks) March 22, 2017
We have a large fault in the #Malahide area initial ert is 9.45am see https://t.co/VMtxFrW7FY for updates Apologies
— ESB Networks (@ESBNetworks) March 22, 2017
We have a fault in #Tramore #Waterford , apologies for the inconvenience,, updates on https://t.co/x1xufgxiLI
— ESB Networks (@ESBNetworks) March 22, 2017
Some of the worst affected areas are Waterford, Portlaoise, Thurles and north Dublin.
Many of the problems are being caused by debris and fallen trees.
