ESB apologises following Laois power fault
Hundreds of businesses and homes in Laois were impacted by the power cut
The ESB has apologised following a power cut that left hundreds of homes and businesses without electricity earlier today.
A large section of the centre of Portlaoise was left without power when the outage occurred at around 11am this morning.
A spokesperson for ESB Networks apologised to customers impacted by the outage.
“ESB Networks can confirm that there was a brief unscheduled outage in Portlaoise on Monday 22nd July following the identification of a fault on a circuit out of Portlaoise station. Our crews mobilised immediately to the site of the fault, before safely restoring power to the customers impacted.
The related outage impacted 766 customers and lasted approximately 81 minutes. We apologise to customers in Portlaoise impacted by the fault,” they stated.