Hundreds of properties continue to be without power on Monday morning after stormy conditions hit the south and east of Ireland over the weekend. A spokesman for the ESB said “a few hundred customers” were without power with crews mobilised early this morning to conduct repairs.

Many parts of Ireland are experiencing power outages this evening and there are reports of fallen trees during Met Eireann’s orange rain and yellow wind warnings. Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford< Cork and Waterford are currently under a status orange rain warning,