Repair crews from Austria, Finland, Netherlands and France are expected this week to support ESB engineers restoring power in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, which caused widespread damage across the country. The ESB said that electricity network operators in these four EU countries are due to arrive in the coming days.

Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years.

More than 1 million people in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland were left without electricity after Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) roared through on Friday. In Ireland, which suffered the heaviest damage,

In Northern Ireland, approximately 75 thousand electricity consumers remain without power. This happened after the destruction of the power system caused by Storm Éowyn, BBC reports. According to the source,