Sonny from Paddy's Shop in Longford is having to make serious changes to his shop to keep it going.

The majority of the local outages in the region were in the North Longford area.

One councillor warned that cafes and restaurants are bearing the brunt of the outages when it comes to losing power to cold food storage equipment.

Food and utility costs are rising for the local business.

The town saw significant activity on Friday afternoon after the incident at the busy corner of Main Street.

The launch marks a €4 million investment.

Planning permission has been sought to demolish Lough Ree Power Station.