NIE Networks is continuing to carry out repair work on less than 50 homes and businesses in the South and East of Northern Ireland who remain without power following Storm Ophelia.

The remaining 11 faults require significant work and resources involving tree cutting, excavation and reinstatement, traffic management and overhead lines teams.

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Sara McClintock, Communications Manager at NIE Networks, said: "We are grateful for the patience of all of the customers who lost power due to Storm Ophelia. Her strong gusts, combined with trees still in leaf, caused considerable damage to the electricity network and left us with faults which were time consuming and labour intensive to repair."

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