ESB have restored power to most areas, but some parts of Kildare without electricity until tomorrow

Power has been restored to most of Kildare in the last 12 hours as the ESB continue to work on repairing the powerlines that have been damaged as a result of ex-Hurricane Ophelia.

There are now just four areas in the county without electricity this morning, though there are just over 200 customers still being affected by the outages. 76 customers in the Monread area of Naas are not expected to have their power restored until around 6pm tomorrow evening, while there are 136 customers near Nurney who will not have power until 8pm on Friday evening, according to the ESB.

There are still plenty of residents without broadband in Kildare this morning following the strong winds on Monday, with Eir reporting that there are 50,000 people across the country who have had their supply disrupted.