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THE ESB says just over 2,600 homes in south Dublin were without electricity this evening for about 90 minutes due to a network fault.
The disruption began shortly after 7:30pm, and affected customers in Killiney and nearby areas.
A spokesman said engineers had identified a cable fault at a sub-station, and had been able to restore power to almost all of the homes by 9:05pm, with the remainder due to have power restored shortly after that time.
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Seriously…………is this a wind up ????? You’re reporting about a power outage that lasted for 90 minutes !!
Is it because it happened in Dublin ????
We lose electricity at least once a month for on average 10 minutes to 6 hours as well as have our water supply turned off with no notice for anything up to a day at a time with no explanation or apology afterwards…………………………..all public services might I add !!!!
Will I send an email the next time it happens in North East Cork so you can write an article about it ???
Genuinely, yes. We can’t report on these things if we don’t know about them!
You answered your own comment………..”Cork”……
Will make a point of it Gavin ;)
In all seriousness, the only reason we put this up – and, in my defence, it hardly took very much time out of my evening – is because we had affected customers asking us if we knew when their power might be back. It’s not because of a Dublin-centric thing – it’s simply because people were concerned, and asked us to look into it.
I’d like to think that would be the case irrespective of where the outage was, and as long as it wasn’t limited to an isolated handful of homes.
Anyone else think you never see Gavan and the Greenday front man in the same place?
Theresa I might suggest you move somewhere that has a more reliable electricity service then..
You missed a key word…it’s because it happened in SOUTH County Dublin!! ;)
Theresa you need to move to Dublin so you can read about your power outages in the media :P
Gav; Can I email you the next time the power goes out in the other city in Ireland, Waterford?! :D
Once a month? That’s absolute rubbish! The network has been upgraded so much in the last 10 years that’s there’s no way you could lose electricity that frequently.
You want to start paying your bill theresa, once amonth your electric goes? I don’t believe you.
@ Blair, I would have thought that all our taxes would pay for the same reliable service for everyone in the country.
@ Jimmy, not rubbish at all, its shocking………….I know , but it happens far too regularly despite numerous complaints !
“shocking”
Theresa’s taxes don’t pay for her electricity supply. She does-both through her ongoing billing, and presumably what she or someone else paid to get supply connected in the first place.
Lol why do country folk always have a chip on their shoulder about the country v’s Dublin.
Build a bridge and get over it.
It is the same mentality here in the UK, the country vs London. Why?
For your records note the emergency ESB number on the back of your bill and put it in your phone. The next time a power cut or outage occurs ring this number, follow a couple of steps and you get a pre-recorded message informing you of the cut, the areas affected, the time the power went down and the estimated time of power restoration. This message is updated every 15 mins or so and you can stay on the line and speak to someone if you have queries or issues. Use this number almost every other month as a cable in our area is always breaking and is handy to know the areas affected if you need to pop to a chippie for your dinner too so you can go where the power is.
If you can’t read this, your electricity is still off
Lol thats what mobile technology is for!
Juliana
Well said :)
Slow news night??
Just showing off their Americanisms — power “outage” indeed.
Know what, guys? Here in Ireland this is called a “power CUT”.
Why do you want to be like those Dortside Road Witches on Morning Ireland?
power outage is the correct term as it is used in the power systems industry…
Theresa Theresa……….it’s a decent story affecting the capital. Let us know if it happens in Cork…snore
It happened out on Northside this morning for a much larger number of customers but then again we don’t count out here…heathens lol
I know how you feel Marc lol
What part of the northside Marc had a blackout this morning, it is a big area, hundreds of thousands of people, be more specific?
@…..mark Larson
Part of Northside the outage happened is irrelevant….posting was made tongue in cheek anyway and if you must know it was Clare hall area
Darndale!!
Typical country person complaining bout lack of services
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Hope your monthly problems sooth themselves out soon , being from Cork is a another major problem that a large amount of counselling and therapy will only scratch the surface of that terrible affliction , God Bless x
OH MY GOD NOOO, south Dublin without electricty for a whole 90 minutes, did everbody make it through it ok,? This is a national emergency we need to call the dail back from their holiday recess. Sorry folks but the country is truely beyond repair now.
Any blackout in Dublin is going to hit the economy of Ireland alot more financially. 50% of the countries tax and GDP comes from the capital, it is the engine to your economy & country
Temporary reprieve then for South Dubliners from Madonna?
Not really petr, especially if you were a chef employed there and are now without a job? Think about it…….
Thanks for letting us know whats happening. Clearly the lady from Cork has not experienced house alarms ringing for two hours!!
I experience it all the time Ger, on a monthly basis sometimes !
So you need a service Theresa, it’s quite obvious.
Bleedin’ moanin’ culchies!!
Nothing wrong with us culchies.
Still happening too ;-(
It was funny when the Merrion Inn (The M1 loike) caught fire and it was national news! lol
Comments ignore the fact that the outage lasted much longer than 90 minutes, and when the power was restored, it went off twice again in the next 90 minutes where I live. The on/off syndrome is very similar to what happens at home when you get a fault blowing a circuit, you switch things off and switch them on again to see what is blowing the fuse, the kettle or the toaster or whatever. Saying it was a fault in a substation as the ESB did is like saying that when a fuse blows or circuit breaker trips at home that is the problem. That’s the alarm going off, not the cause of the problem,
ESB didn’t know where the problem was, and was trying to narrow down the problem for the best part of three hours. Meanwhile ESB networks website claimed 67 homes affected. God between us and all harm.
Yes Kieran, because a well loaded urban (and underground) electricity infrastructure, complete with volatile and ever changing load patterns is just like a socket circuit n your house.
The fault was most likely identified relatively quickly (often help from consumers and the public is invaluable in this regard), and the subsequent outages were due to sectionalising, and operational switching to restore supply.
No operative in their right mind, would, or would be allowed to, close onto a known fault, specifically in an urban setting, and while they’re standing in front of the breaker (switch).
Look at what Ryan Murphy says:
Yes Kieran, because a well loaded urban (and underground) electricity infrastructure, complete with volatile and ever changing load patterns is just like a socket circuit n your house.
My comment: This area is suburban not urban, , and lightly loaded on a warm Tuesday night in July. The demand for electricity is around its lowest at this time.
He says: The fault was most likely identified relatively quickly (often help from consumers and the public is invaluable in this regard), and the subsequent outages were due to sectionalising, and operational switching to restore supply.
My comment. The fault lasted over three hours, not 90 minutes as the ESB claimed, Patronising waffle about the public is just that. The public cannot see faults on an underground network. The public needs truthful information not mendacious spin.
He says. .No operative in their right mind, would, or would be allowed to, close onto a known fault, specifically in an urban setting, and while they’re standing in front of the breaker (switch).
My comment stands. I never said the operative stood in front of the breaker – by which he means what the rest of us would call a circuit breaker, in effect an electronic fusebox. Cheap shot to contradict what was not said.
Now two questions:
Question 1: does Ryan Murphy work for the ESB or an associate company?
Question 2: why does the ESB not admit what its customers know – the supply was interrrupted over a period of three hours?
Update. Spoke to ESB Networks today. Admitted that the outage lasted three hours, not 90 minutes as stated, and said the ESB spokesman who said 90 minutes was plain wrong.
Public monopolies must be straight with customers.
Job done. Thanks to thejournal.ie for getting the facts on the record.
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