Many Wexford homes were without power this afternoon

Up to 8000 homes were left without power in Wexford this afternoon due to a fault at the Crane station near Enniscorthy.

Power has now been fully restored to those affected. In a statement from ESB Power Networks they have said they are looking into the incident: "We had a large fault at Crane station just outside Enniscorthy. Approx 6,000 customers out. All have been restored now. Looking into cause of fault now. It appears that our protection systems operated."