Cable fault blamed for Cootehill power outage

ESB Networks says a cable fault led to Cootehill in Co Cavan being without power yesterday afternoon.

Up to 1,200 homes, farms and businesses were impacted by the fault at around 3pm.

A Spokesperson for the ESB says power was restored to all customers by 10 past 5.

Concerns were raised yesterday about the perceived frequency of power issues in Cootehill.

It's the fourth outage in the Cootehill area since last August, with cable faults blamed for issues yesterday and on August 6th.

Fallen power lines led to issues on February 4th and December 10th.

Statement from ESB Networks

ESB Networks can confirm that there have been four outages in the Cootehill area since August 2020, with each having an impact on around 1,200 homes, farms and businesses.

Yesterday’s outage (April 14^th) was due to a cable fault, commencing at 3pm with all customers having their power restored by 5.10pm.

On 4^th February, a member of the public reported a line down in the area to ESB Networks. In such cases, as a safety precaution, we have to cut power until the line is safely removed and repaired/restored. As a result of this, customers had no power between 10.10am and 10.55am.

A similar incident happened on December 10, with customers having no power between 11.15am and 12.10pm.

Meanwhile, a cable fault was the cause of an outage on August 6^th with customers impacted from 10.19am to 11.25am.

ESB Networks apologies to all customers for the obvious inconvenience caused by such outages.