Supply to 113,000 customers in the Republic of Ireland and 45,000 customers in Northern Ireland was disrupted, at 14:56pm yesterday, due to temporary faults at two generators, ESB has announced.

It caused the electrical frequency to fall temporarily, resulting in interruptions to customers across the Island of Ireland.

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Systems which were designed to resolve these incidents all worked correctly and the frequency of power was restored to normal in 5 to 7 minutes. The vast majority of customers had supply restored in 7 minutes, while for a minority of those affected restoration took about approximately 35 minutes.

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