Parts of the country are struggling to recover from the devastation caused by Storm Éowyn, and the slow response risks repeating the chaos when the next major weather event arrives, a Fine Gael Senator has said. “Storm Éowyn left more than 768,000 electricity customers without power, many for days on end. That level of disruption was unacceptable then, and would be even more unacceptable now,” he said. He said the prolonged forestry recovery, which is still only about 20% complete, shows how deeply the storm exposed weaknesses in national infrastructure and emergency planning. “If a storm of similar strength hit tomorrow, we all know the outcome would be the same.

Source: The Herald January 27, 2026 21:56 UTC