Thursday, 19th October 2017


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7 East Cork Told To Batten Down The Hatches Again


by SEAMUS WHELEHAN


Continued from front page The Local Authority say


they have already received over 600 calls in relation to fallen trees throughout Cork.


Many roads across the


county were impassable, with the Local authority concentrating on national and regional roads. While crews are work-


ing to clear roads the public are


being asked


to report any remaining blocked roads on 021- 4800048. The Local Authority


say they are currently car- rying out an assessment of towns and villages. The Council is also un-


dertaking an examination of the impacts to coastal infrastructure


including


piers, harbours and pon- toons. The ESB say the ex-


tent of the damage to its network will take at least a day and a half to cut through trees before they can look at


connecting


some supplies. It is estimated that over 450,000 homes were out of power on Monday 16 October with Vodafone stating that their network had been severely affected. Generators were


are working together in relation to restoring wa- ter supply to those affect- ed. Priority is being given in order of population served. The Insurance Feder-


ation say damage to cars caused by the storm is covered by insurance, al- though it appears that an- yone who may have trav- elled on unnecessary trips during Ophelia may not be covered, depending on their insurance plan. Monday’s


storm de-


ployed to both Cobh and Youghal in order to sus- tain continuity of water supply. Cork County Council, the ESB and Irish Water


claimed the lives of three people, one being 58 year old Clare O’Neill a can- cer care nurse with ARC house in Youghal. Ms O’Neill died when a branch of a tree fell on her car between the vil-


lages of Clashmore West Waterford and Aglish on the R671.


Ms O’Neill’s mother,


who is in her 70s, was in the car at the time when it crashed almost 1 mile from home. A second fatality was


that of 31 years old Mi- chael Pyke who was using a chainsaw to clear a fall- en tree in South Tipperary and was injured by a fall- ing branch. The third person to lose


their life was a married father of two young chil- dren, Fintan Goss from Co Louth. Mr Goss‘s car was struck by a fallen tree on the main Dublin to Bel- fast road as he made his way home during a lull in the storm.


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