Thousands of ESB customers and commuters affected by “large power fault” in Dublin

Over 25,000 customers were left without power and Irish Rail services were affected.

Updated: 9am, 23 February  Shortly before 9am on Friday morning, ESB reported that affected customers had their power fully restored. https://twitter.com/ESBNetworks/status/966959221899190272 --end of update-- A “large power fault” left more than 25,000 ESB customers without power in north Dublin and the surrounding areas on Friday morning. Having initially reported a “large fault” in Carpenterstown and Dublin 15 on Friday morning, ESB Networks subsequently reported the fault in the Dublin area after customers reported outages in areas such as Castleknock, Palmerstown, Coolmine and Ashbourne in Meath. https://twitter.com/ESBNetworks/status/966939279539621888 https://twitter.com/ESBNetworks/status/966942616930549760 As of shortly after 8am on Friday morning, faults in Clonshaugh, Merville and Ashbourne were reported on powercheck.ie, with over 25,000 customers affected. Power is expected to be restored in Clonshaugh shortly after 9am and in Merville and Ashbourne before midday. Dublin City Council warned that lights are out on the north and west sides of the city as a result of the power outages, while Irish Rail customers and DART customers were warned of significant delays to services. https://twitter.com/DCCTraffic/status/966944236800233472 https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/966939475409424384 https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/966940667376107520 https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/966944641848242176 Affected customers are advised to check powercheck.ie for updates.