{"id":175118,"date":"2025-11-11T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/175118\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:03:11","slug":"power-restored-to-kerry-homes-and-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/175118\/","title":{"rendered":"Power restored to Kerry homes and businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest\u00a0|\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stock image. Pic: File photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/64400c4d-87d1-498f-a31b-681a1e00bba2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Stock image. Pic: File photo<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Power has been restored to thousands of homes and businesses following a major outage affecting much of the North Kerry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Up to 20,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in the county this morning for around three hours following the sudden outage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Businesses in many locations including in Tralee town were forced to close losing a significant amount of financial income particularly local coffee shops who are reliant on morning coffee drinkers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Power was also out at University Hospital Kerry but they have a generator for such an emergency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Supermarkets were also affected with paying for produce the biggest obstacle as card machines were not in operation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Even traffic lights were not working in the town of Tralee during the several hours of the power outage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">More than 11,000 properties without power in Tralee alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Kilflynn area, which account for approximately 8,000 homes and businesses was also affected. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest\u00a0|\u00a0 Stock image. 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