{"id":873729,"date":"2026-04-05T13:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/873729\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:06:30","slug":"2000-homes-in-northern-ireland-left-without-power-after-storm-dave-strong-winds-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/873729\/","title":{"rendered":"2,000 homes in Northern Ireland left without power after Storm Dave strong winds \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Around 2,000 homes in Northern Ireland were left without power on Saturday as Storm Dave brought strong winds and rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to NIE Powercheck the worst affected areas include Mullaghbrack in Co Armagh and Downpatrick in Co Down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The yellow weather warning had been in place across the north from 2pm Saturday until 3am on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ahead of the warning taking place, the Met Office had advised that there may be significant disruption to travel and possible power cuts. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/major-psni-operation-launched-at-republican-sinn-fein-easter-rising-event-2ESZU4GBV5HU7KWRPZPGCV2GRE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Major PSNI operation launched at Republican Sinn F&#xE9;in Easter Rising event\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775394389_646_DRU27NLORVCMJD76ILZDFTLFGQ.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/mo-chara-court-case-live-kneecap-rapper-to-find-out-if-terror-charge-will-be-thrown-out-BV3HTFOTE5AQVIFZW5E4OXBNR4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Mo Chara court case LIVE: Kneecap rapper terror charge thrown out after &#x2018;technical error&#x2019;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775394390_528_LS75QCFJNRDEPK5NYYT3NROWEE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Councils had also issued warnings of facility closures, and some outdoor events being cancelled over the Easter weekend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Around 18,000 homes, farms and businesses lost power in the Republic of Ireland throughout Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The weather conditions are expected to ease throughout Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dublin airport had to cancel up to 25 flights throughout Saturday, but no cancellations occurred in Belfast City Airport or Belfast International airport. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some ferry crossings between Belfast and Scotland were also cancelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 2,000 homes in Northern Ireland were left without power on Saturday as Storm Dave brought strong winds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[80374,88580,1144,31426,16,15,2463],"class_list":["post-873729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-co-armagh","tag-co-down","tag-northern-ireland","tag-power-cut","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-weather-warning"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116352253263287293","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}