WATCH: Thousands of homes without power in Limerick as Storm Eunice arrives

ESB Networks has deployed crews to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses across Limerick following a number of outages this morning.

As Storm Eunice moves across the country, a status orange wind warning for Limerick, which came into effect at 3am, remains in place until 11am.

While there are no reports of any significant incidents in Limerick, motorists and other road users are being urged to exercise caution - particularly on local and secondary roads where trees may be down.

Limerick City and County Council also has crews on standby to deal with issues as they arise. 

Meanwhile, more than 2,000 homes and businesses in the county are without power this Friday morning.

A status orange wind warning is now in effect for #Limerick - email your photos and videos to news@limerickleader.ie and see https://t.co/dvZaT8FOIR throughout the morning for updates #StormEunice #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/pRR5ArCrRL

— Limerick Leader (@Limerick_Leader) February 18, 2022

According to PowerCheck, the single biggest fault - affecting more than 1,300 customers in Newcastle West - was reported just after 8am 

Around, 1,500 customers in the Croom area have been without electricity since just after 7am this Friday while dozens more are without power in the Cappamore and Kilmallock areas.

ESB Networks says it hopes to have power restored to all customers later today.

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