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A community in West Cavan left with no electricity for best part of a month

Storm Éowyn brought record breaking gusts of over 180 Kilometres  caused over €200 million wo...

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11.00 19 Feb 2026


A community in West Cavan left with no electricity for best part of a month


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Storm Éowyn brought record breaking gusts of over 180 Kilometres  caused over €200 million worth of damage and left 800,000 homes and businesses without power. At one point a million people had no phone, data or broadband.

Henry McKean visited a community in West Cavan who struggled for the best part of a month with no electricity. The power went back on this week a year ago. Henry been back to West Cavan.


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