35% of mobile customers affected by outages during recent storm, Minister confirms

35 percent of customers were hit by mobile phone outages at the peak of Storm Éowyn.

Sports and Arts Minister Patrick O'Donovan has been given the update after meeting CEO's of mobile phone and broadband operators yesterday.

Since the storm, repair and restoration work has returned services to all mobile customers.

Minister Patrick O'Donovan says a huge number of electricity poles came down during the storm.