Almost 3,000 premises left without power in Offaly and Westmeath

THERE is a major power outage in the Tullamore and Kilbeggan areas with 2,970 customers affected.

The ESB says there is a fault at Srah, Tullamore.

ESB customers affected are in Ballinagar, Ballydaly, Tinnycross, Kilbeggan and Tullamore Town. 

The fault was reported at 9.50am this morning and power is estimated to return at 1.30pm

The ESB has apologised for the fault and say they are working to restore power as quickly as possible. 

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