More power and phone outages on the cards as winds pick up again

High winds and lightening have caused widespread power outages and disruption to phone and broadband services.
Met Eireann has issued a Yellow weather warning for today, with high winds affecting many parts of the country.
An Orange alert for the entire country has been issued for Christmas Eve.
The ESB says that electiricity service has now returned to normal levels, with just 26 customers in the Milford area without power in Donegal, and 300 nationally.
Meanwhile, five and a half thousand Eircom customers are currently without phone and broadband services this morning, with the North West and South East the worst affected areas.
Widespread structural damage has been caused to telephone polls, as well as to customers’ in-home wiring.
Customers who experience faults with the service are asked to report the problem as soon as possible.