Wind Energy Ireland chief executive Noel Cunniffe has said the Government needs to act during a ‘decisive window’.

The outage has also impacted airport operations in Ireland, with a number of flights to Dublin cancelled or delayed.

The supplier is increasing the unit rate of its electricity by 12.75 per cent and the unit rate of its gas by 10.5 per cent.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is proposing a measure to ensure new data centres do not put pressure on existing electricity supplies.

Mary Meehan from Dunmore in Galway said the last few weeks had been very difficult.

"I have already asked for work to be done to accelerate investment in the grid - to future-proof it and make it more resilient," Micheál Martin said.

ESB Networks have made progress in repairing the damage done from Storm Eowyn but 76,000 homes, farms and businesses are still without power

Michael Fitzmaurice said Uisce Éireann should have been better prepared for Storm Éowyn

Skilled retirees from ESB Networks are also being redrafted to assist.

Sinn Féin, Social Democrats and Aontú are all calling for an early return of the Dáil.

Power has been restored to 540,000 customers; however some 228,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without supply.

On Monday morning, the Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118 undertook the humanitarian operation.

ESB Networks has said 246,000 customers are still without electricity tonight, while 100,000 will be without it for at least a week

Around 330,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without power after Storm Éowyn

Ireland's electricity prices are 52 per cent higher than the European average.

60 technicians from France arrived in the country on Monday to assist in restoring power along with teams from Northern Ireland Electricity.

Most remaining faults which have led to power outages across the country have an estimated repair time of 7pm on Sunday evening.

Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record for the month of August, according to Wind Energy Ireland (WEI), which today published its monthly wind energy report

Data centres used up a greater share of electricity consumption than urban homes in the Republic last year

An increase or decrease in wholesale electricity prices can be an indication of what consumers will be charged in the future

The cost of charging an Electric Vehicle (EV) increased by 15 per cent last year

This is the fifth time this year that Yuno has cut its rates.

Twelve thousand homes and businesses are still without power this evening after Storm Kathleen made landfall earlier

The reduced rate will apply for new customers from Monday

Reductions for both companies will kick in from April 1st.

The amount of electricity generated by wind farms was one of the highest ever recorded for the month of January.

Flogas has become the latest energy company to announce it will reduce its prices

Domestic producer prices for manufactured goods were on average 3.7 per cent lower in December 2023 when compared with a year earlier, while producer prices for exported goods rose by 2.4 per cent.

Customers to benefit from 7.5% reduction in electricity and 5% in gas from March 1st

Bord Gáis Energy is cutting its unit rate of electricity by 10 per cent and its gas by 9.5 per cent from February 29th.

Electricity and gas rates will fall by 8 and 7 per cent respectively

Finance Minister Michael McGrath said there was ‘a lot of volatility’ in wholesale energy prices

The moratorium for customers registered as being particularly vulnerable to winter disconnections will last from October to the end of March

Energy companies have faced renewed political pressure to pass on falling wholesale energy prices to customers