Major electricity power outage in Laois town

Lynda Kiernan
By Lynda Kiernan

Reporter

Published 2nd Jun 2023, 12:33 GMT
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A Laois town was left almost completely without electricity for an hour at the busy teatime period this week, with no cause given.

ESB Networks reported a fault at 5.33pm on Thursday, June 1 in Mountmellick, apologising to their customers affected.

While they said the estimated time of repair would be 9.15pm that night, it was repaired within the hour, at 6.30pm.placeholder image
While they said the estimated time of repair would be 9.15pm that night, it was repaired within the hour, at 6.30pm.

A spokesperson told the Leinster Express / Laois Live that the cause of the outage was said to be "unknown".

It affected 1,903 ESB customers in the town, which has a population of just over 4,000 residents. 

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