Homes in Offaly still without power in the wake of Storm Darragh

A number of homes and businesses in Offaly are still without power this morning in the wake of Storm Darragh.

According to the ESB's powercheck.ie website, there are still a six electricity outages across the county that have not been restored.

Twelve customers are without power in Banagher, ten are without power near Belmont, ten are without power near Mountbolus, eleven are without power in Clonminch in Tullamore, 29 are without power in Clonbullogue and 25 are without power at Drumcooly near Edenderry.

Almost all of the outages in Offaly have an expected restore time of 7pm today however the fault near Belmont is not expected to be restored until 8.30pm tomorrow.

Crews from France have arrived in Ireland to help the ESB with the massive task of restoring power across the country in the wake of Storm Darragh.