Stormont leaders urge network provider to compensate customers without power

Electricity engineers inspect damage from fallen trees blocking Eglantine Road near Hillsborough (Jonathan McCambridge/PA) - (PA Wire)

Stormont’s leaders have called on Northern Ireland’s energy network provider, NIE Networks, to offer goodwill payments to those who remain without power following Storm Eowyn.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly highlighted that compensation payments were available in Scotland for affected customers.