Almost 5,000 Homes And Businesses Without Power Across Cork

Winds associated with Storm Francis have impacted communities across the county
ESB Network crews are dealing with several large outages in Carrigaline, Charleville and Mitchelstown this afternoon while there are smaller outages in Clonakilty, Kinsale, Ballincollig, Bantry Fairhill and White Church.
A yellow wind warning is in place for Cork until 7pm tonight as Storm Francis tracks across the country...
Winds will reach speeds of 65 kilometres per hour with widespread gusts of over 110 kilometres per hour on higher ground and coastal regions.
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