‘No power, no problem’: Irish pub uses car lights during Storm Isha

They say "necessity is the mother of invention," and one Irish pub, has taken this to a new extreme.

Over the course of Storm Isha, a Co Fermanagh bar and restaurant kept its doors open to locals in need of some company during the ferocious rain and winds last Sunday.

The Belfast Telegraph reported that after a power cut befell the area during the storm, Garry Jennings, owner of the Mayfly Bar and Restaurant in Kesh, parked his car facing the windows of the pub and used the headlights to bring some much needed light the front bar.

"I’d just left to go and feed some cattle, and I noticed when I was coming back into the town that all the power was off,” he told the Belfast Telegraph.

"I knew when I left the bar there were ones in it, so I came down the main street, put the lights in through the window and let them drink away until closing time.

"They didn’t know what it was; I think they thought it was the police coming at the start, but we were within the trading hours so we were okay!

"We had no candles on standby, because it kind of took us a bit by surprise, but we got the fire lit and they drank here until closing time last night."

On Monday, with a significant number of households in the vicinity enduring a power outage, Mr. Jennings disclosed that the pub took the initiative to assist those still grappling with the electricity disruption.

Upon waking up that morning, the absence of electricity persisted until well into the afternoon. Recognising that some residents were still without power, Mr. Jennings and his team decided to step in by utilising their kitchen facilities to prepare warm meals for those affected.

They also contributed to those were affected by long-term outages by offering the use of their large restaurant-grade freezers for locals to store their perishables in.