Updated: 20.45

Power has been restored to parts of Dublin city after an earlier fault.

A number of restaurants, bars and hotels were without power for a time in the Dublin 2 area due to a fault at a substation on Bedford Row.

The ESB said 849 customers were affected by the outage.

"We apologise for the loss of supply. We are currently working to repair a fault affecting your premises and will restore power as quickly as possible," the utility said.

Supply was restored shortly before 9pm, according to the ESB PowerCheck website.

Main image: ESB crews at work restoring power in March 2018. Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie