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Around 2,000 homes and businesses without power following lightning strike in the Southeast




In the region of 2,000 homes and businesses in the Southeast are without power this evening following a lightning strike.

ESB Networks have confirmed that they are currently working to restore power to customers in counties Wexford, Kilkenny and Carlow.

The outage comes after Met Eireann issued a yellow status thunder warning for Leinster and Monaghan.

The warning which came into effect at 11am this morning will remain in place until 3am on Sunday morning.

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