An electricity outage that saw the scoreboard at county GAA match go blank is being linked to the removal of a sunken boat from a nearby canal.
The Badger vessel had been moored along Albert Basin in Newry Canal for some years before taking on water and submerging in January close to a pedestrian area.
The removal of the boat by crane took place on Sunday (April 23) afternoon. But during the removal, according to a witness, the mast of the boat struck an overhead electricity line as it was transported on the back of a lorry towards Warrenpoint harbour area.
