ESB to pump €5m into Co Wexford line connecting town and village

"This upgrade will strengthen the network, provide a more resilient network for customers, ensure more protection against severe weather events and overall, provide a better quality of service for all our customers in the surrounding area,” an ESB spokesperson said.

The national utility company are informing customers that planned outages to facilitate the network upgrades are scheduled to take place until Saturday, May 11. All customers impacted by planned outages have been notified in advance via post with the time and date of the outage in their locality. Updates on the status of the outage can be viewed on www.PowerCheck.ie.

“This upgrade will increase the capacity of the network as well as improving the reliability of the network. ESB Networks apologises for any inconvenience caused.”

Affected areas include parts of Campile to the outskirts of New Ross (not including the town itself), along with townlands including Ballinavary, Ballinteskin, Ballykelly, Ballyverroge, Ballyhack, Fruit Hill, Great Island, Rose Hall and Slaught. The works will take place on an area-by-area basis over a two-week period.

Status updates and estimated restoration times of outages are available on www.PowerCheck.ie.