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More than 150,000 still without power in ROI

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Crews were out at Grove Park Drive in Dublin on Sunday to help clear fallen trees

More than 150,000 customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland, as crews continue to repair "unprecedented" damage to the electricity network caused by Storm Éowyn.

Friday's storm brought record wind speeds, with Irish weather service Met Éireann recording 183km/h (114mph) in Mace Head, County Galway.

ESB Networks said about 180,000 are without power three days after the storm hit, and it could be Friday before the vast majority of those impacted will have their power restored.

Meanwhile 74,000 customers are without water, with a further 70,000 at risk due to power losses at water treatment plants.

Margaret Attridge of Uisce Éireann told Irish broadcaster RTÉ's Morning Ireland programme that most of those without water are on the west coast of the country, including: Clare, Galway, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Meath.

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Galway recorded some of the highest wind speeds as Storm Éowyn made landfall on Friday

The worst hit county is Galway, with about 22,000 people without access to water.

Ms Attridge said additional generators have been secured to help return power to treatment plants.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) to ask that the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament) is recalled "urgently" to address "the crisis facing the country in the aftermath" of Storm Éowyn.

"So many people are going through a very tough time with serious disruption to their lives," McDonald wrote on X.

"TDs must be given the opportunity to raise these issues and concerns directly with government and to engage on the responses and supports needed."

'Unprecedented' destruction

Work has been ongoing throughout the weekend to help the clean-up operation after Storm Éowyn.

During its peak, about 768,000 people were without power.

A 20-year-old man died in the early hours of Friday morning after a tree fell on his car in County Donegal.

Kacper Dudek was travelling on the N14, north of Lifford, near Ballinalecky Cross, when the incident happened.

Family handout A still image of Kacper Dudek. He is a young man with short, light brown hair and is wearing a black suit jacket, a black tie and a navy shirt. He is standing in front of a bouquet of white flowers.Family handout
Kacper Dudek died after a tree fell on his car on Friday morning

On Saturday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the destruction caused by some of the strongest winds on record was "unprecedented".

Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Simon Harris confirmed that the Irish Defence Forces are providing helicopters to help ESB Networks restore power.

Eir and Vodafone have said that thousands of its customers are without broadband.

Fergal McCann from Eir told Morning Ireland it received over 2,000 calls over the weekend, and that the worst affected areas are in the northwest and midlands.

Clean-up and repairs could be further hampered by a status yellow wind alert, which was in place for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford until 09:00 local time on Monday.

A yellow alert was also in place for County Wexford until 14:00.