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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Rebecca Black

Additional engineers drafted to help reconnect homes across Ireland

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said extra engineers had been drafted in from Great Britain to help to restore power across Northern Ireland (Rebecca Black/PA) -

Additional engineers are helping to restore electricity in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic following the destruction caused by Storm Eowyn.

At 4.30pm on Saturday around 140,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Northern Ireland following the storm, which saw strong winds batter the region from the early hours of Friday amid a top-level red weather warning.

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