Power cut

andrewie

Anybody else experiencing loss of power? Just went out in kells and came back on a minute later. Duleek is completely out and no sign of it coming abck on after ten minutes.

I know someone driving to there from portadown and could see a power station lighting up in the distance.

mukki

andrewie wrote:

Anybody else experiencing loss of power? Just went out in kells and came back on a minute later. Duleek is completely out and no sign of it coming abck on after ten minutes.

I know someone driving to there from portadown and could see a power station lighting up in the distance.

well mate answer me this....


if you have no power how did you post that:p

ps don't answer i'm just kidding

positron

No power in Wheaton Hall either - and I would imagine (not sure) rest of Drogheda too?

PS: Confirmed. All of Drogheda is out.

Dundalk Daily

Lights flickering alot in Dundalk. An word on what it is.

andrewie

Girlfriend rang the esb and said they are experience some problems (stating the obvious) and din't know when power will be restored. Everywhere within a ten mile radius from Duleek is out they said.

cast_iron

Felt it here in Dublin City Centre. Lights dipped a bit for a second.

cf_al_bs

Dunleer area went out for about 10-20mins but is back on now. I think only part of Drogheda is back and Julianstown area is still out.
Was told that there was a huge flash that lit up Drogheda and could be seen even out here in Dunleer! Must have been big! :eek: Hope no one was hurt.

andrewie

cf_al_bs wrote:

Dunleer area went out for about 10-20mins but is back on now. I think only part of Drogheda is back and Julianstown area is still out.
Was told that there was a huge flash that lit up Drogheda and could be seen even out here in Dunleer! Must have been big! :eek: Hope no one was hurt.

Could be seen from just outside Portadown also.

cf_al_bs

According to the ESB, power will be back around 9 in Drogheda, just to let you know. Not that anyone in Drogheda can read this at the minute...

edit: just after getting a text from a friend, apparently it was caused by a fire at a sub power station in Drogheda.

faigs

A fire in one of their power stations apparently. Just back here in Duleek.

And yes everybody should be back by nine o'clock.

positron

Looks like its already back - in Drogheda

lucernarian

My sister was having a smoke outside and she saw a green flash and heard a loud bang at about 6.50 in the direction of the substation at Waterunder. I heard from people that the fire brigade were at the substation (it's just to the north of the boyne cable bridge).

We were out from then until about 7.45pm. I wouldn't be suprised if the story was mentioned on the 9pm news, considering both Drogheda and Dundalk were affected.

Amazing sight at the top of the hill. Only the Lourdes Hospital and a couple of other scattered places had light. Then darkness up to Balbriggan/Skerries and westwards as far as Slane or a bit beyond.

Moanin

Went out here in Navan for about 10 seconds and back on again.

Atomic Pineapple

yeh was i was outside smyths in drogheda myself, just got out of the car and next thing heard a big bang and all the lights went off! then seen the fire brigade go by and then i went by the sub station myself could see the fire brigade there but there was no visible fire and the fire brigade would have been there less than 2 minutes before me.

lucernarian

Does anyone know what caused it? Was it a transformer exploding at Waterunder which caused such a widespread blackout? Lights flickered even in Dublin.

Dingatron

I belive it was caused by a fire in the substation in Drybridge.

~Leanne~

Just had a flicker in Navan, no black out, on Slane rd anyway!

sirpsycho

Was out in Stamullen / Gormanston and right the way to the beginning of Balbriggan.

lucernarian

I was told yesterday that there is/was a small generator in the transmission station at Waterunder/Drybridge. The generator was being run, presumably to compensate for a supply deficit in the national grid, and it exploded. Not fully sure of the truth of it as I haven't heard of a generator in the substation before, but anyway something exploded in that substation and the ESB are to be held responsible for the exploding transformer/generator.

The pharmaceutical companies tend to setup in Cork as the national grid is apparently more reliable in the south of Ireland.

cambridge7

Parts of Ardee were out too for 20mins.:D

Dingatron

Well it looks like an old moggy made an attempt for ten lives and failed miserably, taking half of Louth with it. That's if you belive de Leader.

delly

Dingatron wrote:

Well it looks like an old moggy made an attempt for ten lives and failed miserably, taking half of Louth with it. That's if you belive de Leader.

Could they have had any more puns in that article :rolleyes: