{"id":231483,"date":"2026-01-07T02:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231483\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:15:10","slug":"more-than-5000-customers-without-electricity-in-major-donegal-power-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231483\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 5,000 customers without electricity in major Donegal power cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Service has been restored<\/p>\n<p>===============<\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 premises in south Donegal are without electricity as the area is hit by a significant power cut.<\/p>\n<p>Power went out at around 2.30pm in an area which takes in Donegal Town and a wide surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESB Networks, supply is expected to be restored to the 5,371 affected customers by 3.30pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegallive.ie\/news\/local-news\/1981444\/shock-as-atu-goes-ahead-with-exam-schedule-despite-treacherous-travel-conditions.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shock as ATU goes ahead with exam schedule despite treacherous travel conditions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Customers are reminded to never touch fallen wires, and to report power outages or damage to the network infrastructure by calling ESB Networks on\u00a01800 372 999.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegallive.ie\/story-telling\/pictures---videos\/1979387\/in-pictures-phenomenal-camaraderie-as-hundreds-attend-narin-new-year-s-day-swim.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Pictures &#8211; Phenomenal camaraderie as hundreds attend Narin New Year&#8217;s Day swim\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Service has been restored =============== More than 5,000 premises in south Donegal are without electricity as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[20499,72,13347,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-231483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-barnesmore","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-donegal-town","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}