Almost 14,000 premises in Galway are still without electricity this afternoon as the county remains heavily damaged from Storm Debi.
The ESB is dealing with dozens of faults across Galway county which are causing many outages, including extremely large power outages in several towns.
Some of the worst affected areas include Gort, where just over 3,000 homes and businesses are without electricity, another 3,411 are suffering outages in Athenry, 2,392 properties around Ballygar, and 1,575 in Glenamaddy.
The ESB has estimated that most repairs should be completed by 6pm today at the latest, though some outages may last as late as 10pm on Monday night.
Galway was severely damaged by heavy winds from Storm Debi during Status Red and Status Orange weather warnings in the early hours of the morning.
Galway County Council has reported multiple roads affected by downed trees and power lines, and walls knocked over by the winds.
There were also incidents of cars and properties caught in flooding, and road traffic collisions overnight.
In the city council crews are clearing trees, branches and other debris, which particularly affected coastal areas.
Community wardens have also been called out to businesses and premises affected by flooding.
A Status Yellow weather warning for wind and rain remains in place across all of Ireland until 3pm this afternoon.
