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Power outages throughout West Cork as Storm Imogen rages

February 8th, 2016 10:25 AM

By Southern Star Team

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THERE have been power outages throughout West Cork today following winds of 98kph raging along the coastline.

From Castletownbere to Timoleague and throughout Cork city too, with areas of Macroom, Kinsale, Skibbereen, Rosscarbery, Clonakilty, Bantry, Drimoleague and Durrus affected, damaged power lines caused mainly by falling trees have left homes and businesses without power.

Some mobile phone services have also been affected.

The powercheck.ie website (shown) has a comprehensive list of the outages, and each fault icon details the number of homes involved and the estimated repair times.

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