How should you prepare for potential power outages? 

Tomorrow, Ireland will be hit by Storm Éowyn and Met Éireann has issued a Red Weather Warning - which means there is a “threat to life”. 

ESB has said “severe damage” across the country is highly likely and their teams will be “very busy time” over the next few days.

“At first light in the morning, depending on the weather conditions, we’ll be sending crews out to start dealing with any emergency situations and assessing the damage,” spokesperson Siobhán Wynne told Lunchtime Live. 

Some people will wake with no power and Ms Wynne urged people to cautious about any potential danger in their area. 

“When people are out and about, if you encounter any lines or wires down on the ground - please, treat them as being live,” she said. 

“It could be extremely dangerous; if people do come across wires on the ground, if they could report them to us. 

“The emergency number is 1800 372 999.” 

Big waves in West Cork, Ireland. Image: Alamy

For anyone experiencing a power outage, Ms Wynne said people should log it on their website. 

“If you go on there and you check to see if your area has already been logged as having an outage, that’s fine,” she said. 

“That means we know about it and we will be dealing with it. 

“But if you go on and you find that your particular location hasn’t been logged as having a fault, well then we would like people to log those faults with us.” 

Waves crash in at Blackrock Diving Board in Salthill. Image: PA Images / Alamy

There are also a number of things ESB recommends people do this evening. 

“It would be really prudent now for all of our customers to just work from the basis that you may lose power overnight,” Ms Wynne said. 

“Basic things like keeping your phone charged; if you’ve got a power bank, charge that. 

“Make sure you have torches and then also, have your NPRN ready - it’s on your electricity bill - because if you are logging a fault, that’s the way to do that.” 

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