Approximately 500 houses and some businesses across Clare experienced overnight power cuts following strong winds in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Most of the power cuts were experienced in West Clare, Sixmilebridge and parts of North Clare.
Outage updates are available on powercheck.ie
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.