More than 3,500 homes, farms and businesses are still without power following Storm Éowyn, ESB Networks has said.
The company said all available crews and resources, partner contractors and international support continued to be mobilised to restore power to all those who have been without electricity for more than two weeks now.
“We are working over the weekend to restore supply to all remaining customers as soon as possible,” the company said.
“In some instances, when carrying out restoration work on main lines, customers whose power has been reconnected should be aware that power may have to be disconnected again for short periods of time to allow their neighbours to be reconnected,” the statement warned.
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“These interruptions ensure that restoration work can safely take place on the system.”
Technicians from Austria, Finland, Britain, Germany and Norway remain on the ground in the worst impacted areas and are supporting over 2,500 local ESB Networks crews and contactors who have been bolstered by colleagues from the south and east of the country, as well as retirees.
ESB Networks said that in addition to the crews, over 1,300 support staff are involved in overseeing damage assessment, emergency call management, logistics and network operations while its customer contact centre has also doubled its resources to accommodate the unprecedented high volumes of calls.
Uisce Éireann is working to return service to the final few customers without water and significant progress has also been made in restoring telecommunication services, National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG).
Several large-capacity generators have been provided by Poland and Denmark, following a request under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The generators are being deployed to support ESB Networks, Uisce Éireann and telecommunications operators to bring power, water, phone and broadband services back to homes, schools and businesses.
“Exam year students should note that Emergency Response Hubs are serving as study spaces for students experiencing connectivity issues and will remain open for the coming week in areas which are still experiencing broadband connectivity issues given that mock exams are currently under way,” the NECG said.
ESB Networks also warned over scam text messages “purporting to come from ESB Networks. We ask that customers do not engage directly, do not share any personal information if asked, and block and report the suspicious number if necessary.”
Meanwhile, Met Éireann is warning of a cold and cloudy weekend with showery rain affecting east and northeast counties on Saturday.
It will be dry elsewhere with some sunny spells and temperatures of just 3 to 6 degrees in a light northeasterly breeze.
There will be further showery rain across Leinster with the chance of wintry precipitation over higher ground on Saturday night while it will remain generally dry elsewhere with frost and icy patches in some areas, as temperatures fall to between -2 and +3.
It will be much the same story on Sunday and likely to be dull across eastern areas with showery rain, but otherwise dry with a mix of cloud and some sunny spells.
Next week will start cloudy with scattered outbreaks of light rain developing in the east and north at first then becoming more widespread.
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