ENGINEERS continued to work at pace over the weekend to meet Monday’s deadline of restoring power all homes in Northern Ireland affected by Storm Éowyn. By Sunday, NIE estimated that around 2,000 customers were still without electricity with power restored to 283,

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

Almost 60,000 energy customers remain without power on the island of Ireland more than a week on from Storm Eowyn. On Saturday, engineers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, supported by counterparts from Great Britain and continental Europe,

At its peak 30% of all premises in Northern Ireland had their power disconnected.