Almost 100 homes without power in Laois town

Almost 100 buildings in Laois are without power this Tuesday.

From 10am on Tuesday morning, 97 ESB customers in Mountrath will be without power.

"We apologise for the loss of supply," an ESB Networks spokesperson said.

"We are carrying out essential improvement and maintenance works in the area and will restore power as quickly as possible."

Power is expected to return in the town by 4pm.

For more updates on the outage, see the ESB Networks website.