The ESB have confirmed that at least 360,000 homes are without power and may be without power for some 5 to 10 days. Ireland has many rural and isolated homes and wires are down right …
The death toll from storm Ophelia has risen to two after a man aged in his 30s was killed in Co Tipperary. According to reports the young man was killed after he was injured by …
Tesco Ireland have confirmed in the past hour that all of its Irish stores will be closed for the remainder for the day. The news cones as stores opened this morning. In a statement Tesco …
The country’s biggest Electricity provider ESB Networks have now officially confirmed that more than 210,000 customers are without power this afternoon. According to engineers at the company Munster has been the worst affected region with …
A Waterford woman has died following the collapse of a tree on her car in the midst of Storm Ophelia. It is the first fatality since the storm entered our shores this morning, and there …
One if the country’s leading homeless charities The Peter McVerry Trust has confirmed this morning that they will be providing shelter for Dublin’s homeless during storm Ophelia. The charity who are said to bracing themselves …
Irish comedian Sean Hughes, who was a team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC Two, has died aged 51. His spokesman said that Mr Hughes died yesterday after a battle with liver cirrhosis. …
Two people have been severely injured after a tree collapsed on their car in Anglosh, Waterford. Emergency services were called to the scene, and have issued further warnings for public safety. Schools, colleges and businesses …
Hurricane Ophelia has predicted winds over over 130klm, but are you insured to drive in them? Various posts on social media are claiming that because most insurance companies don’t cover natural disasters, you won’t be …
Singer Ed Sheeran has confirmed that he has been knocked down by a car in central London. The second generation Irish singer was knocked off his bike by a car as he was going around …
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