Almost 1,400 homes in Offaly already without power as Storm Isha hits hard

Almost 1,400 homes in Offaly are already without power as Storm Isha starts to batter Ireland. 

According to the ESB's Powercheck service, the largest outage is near Kinnitty with 528 homes and businesses affected. 

There are also outages in Edenderry, Ferbane, Cloghan and Killurin. 

Offaly is currently under a Status Orange Weather Warning that remains in place until 2am on Monday.