Several thousand customers were without power last night following a lightning strike in south Donegal.
Almost 2,000 homes and businesses were affected following outages in the Donegal Town and Ballyshannon areas at around 8:30pm. However, most areas had their power restored by midnight.
There were reports of severe thunder and lightning at the time.
Meanwhile, 33 customers are without power in Ballyshannon this morning following a fault. However, ESB Networks expects the connection to be restored by 10:45am.
Thousands without power last night after south Donegal lightning strike was last modified: March 16th, 2026 by Staff Writer
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