Phone and broadband blackouts could be a cause for concern this winter amid ongoing threats of electricity outages, Senator Lynn Boylan said yesterday.
It comes amid fears of a “tumultuous” few months ahead. Speaking in the Seanad, Senator Boylan said that “once unthinkable scenarios” surrounding blackouts are now “a very real prospect”.
In such circumstances, calls to emergency services could be affected. Senator Boylan added: “One of the comforts years ago when we did have blackouts was we all had landlines and we all had public phones and you could use it if anything went wrong.
