Storm Éowyn: Co Armagh families still without electricity – five days later
Councillor calls for NIE to compensate households and businesses impacted by the lengthy power supply outages
Young families and the elderly in areas hardest hit by Storm Éowyn are continuing to struggle without electricity – five days on.
One woman, who lives between Armagh and Killylea, says her electricity has been down since 5am on Friday morning.
Alongside her family, she lives with her grandmother, whose in her 90s and requires refrigerated medication.
She explained: "We actually had to get her medication to her daughter's house in town because we have no heating or electric.
"She has a gas hob, so we can boil water, but other than that we can't shower. We had to go to other family members' houses to get the kids washed for school and us for work.
"It's been quite disruptive. Because of where we live in the country, we are very rural, so it's not easy to get in to a shop.
"In the shops there was hardly any bread or anything on the shelves. It was crazy."
The woman, who spoke to us on her lunch break at work, said there has been difficulty with no service or internet – meaning she has missed out on vital updates.
"Because everything is online now, we couldn't get it unless we went into town, so we actually ended up going to the Armagh City Hotel on Saturday evening.
"There were a lot of people with suitcases booking into the rooms on Friday and Saturday night because there's so many people without electric.
"The kids' bedrooms are freezing and everyone is going to bed with extra layers to try to keep warm. Then we're going around by candlelight."
The family have been told that electricity may not be restored until Thursday.
"That'll be almost a full week with no electricity and no heating," she continued. "Some of the shops were even out of coal so it's obviously hit a lot of people very hard.
"You don't realise how much it's going to impact you. People can usually cope for one to two days but when you're at the end of day four and five, you kind of are a bit lost."
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