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County Laois

About 43,000 homes and businesses · estimated from Census 2022

Too few faults in November 2026 to grade fairly.

Month by month

Month	Grade	Restored in 4h	Restored by first estimate	Faults	Planned	Customers hit	Minutes lost
November 2026to 11 Nov	–	66.5%	–	4	16	331	1.6
October 2026	B	91.1%	55.6%	30	40	9,310	23.0
September 2026	D	72.6%	65.6%	38	40	8,589	23.2
August 2026	C	81.9%	64.3%	36	54	10,414	14.1
July 2026from 31 Jul	–	–	–	0	0	0	0.0

Only part of July 2026 was watched, so it is not graded.

Where faults keep happening · since 31 July 2026

The places ESB names on its faults, counted over every month. A name can sit in more than one Census area, so these are not the areas listed below.

Mountrath25 faultsup to 1,886 customers
Portlaoise15 faultsup to 1,583 customers
Pallas13 faultsup to 2,259 customers
Rathdowney9 faultsup to 1,599 customers
Abbeyleix9 faultsup to 1,520 customers
Mountmellick7 faultsup to 1,660 customers
Athy7 faultsup to 1,611 customers
Portarlington6 faultsup to 773 customers
Ballyragget5 faultsup to 1,000 customers
Castlecomer5 faultsup to 385 customers

Outage history · 257 outages

This list as a CSV file, one row per outage, times in UTC.

GraiguePlanned · network improvement

53 customers affected · began Wed 11 Nov, 11:38 · scheduled until 17:00 (5 h 22 min) · still listed when last checked

MountmellickPlanned · new connections

45 customers affected · began Tue 10 Nov, 10:59 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 1 min)

AbbeyleixPlanned · supply quality

33 customers affected · began Tue 10 Nov, 10:14 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

60 customers affected · began Tue 10 Nov, 09:45 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

BallyraggetFault

24 customers affected · began Mon 9 Nov, 16:14 · restored 21:00 (4 h 46 min) · 30 min later than ESB estimated

BallyraggetFault

87 customers affected · began Mon 9 Nov, 14:54 · restored 21:00 (6 h 6 min) · 30 min later than ESB estimated

GraiguePlanned · network improvement

43 customers affected · began Mon 9 Nov, 10:23 · scheduled until 16:30 (6 h 7 min)

AbbeyleixPlanned · network upgrade

55 customers affected · began Mon 9 Nov, 10:07 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

BracklonePlanned · new connections

41 customers affected · began Fri 6 Nov, 10:46 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

78 customers affected · began Thu 5 Nov, 10:24 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 36 min)

BallyraggetFault

23 customers affected · began Wed 4 Nov, 19:20 · restored 22:16 (2 h 56 min) · 16 min later than ESB estimated

AthyPlanned · supply quality

55 customers affected · began Wed 4 Nov, 11:54 · listed for about 1 h 30 min · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · line diversion

22 customers affected · began Wed 4 Nov, 11:18 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

36 customers affected · began Wed 4 Nov, 10:13 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

PallasFault

197 customers affected · began Tue 3 Nov, 17:48 · expected back by 20:00 (about 2 h) · no restore time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

63 customers affected · began Tue 3 Nov, 11:22 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

PallasPlanned · new connections

198 customers affected · began Tue 3 Nov, 10:04 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 56 min)

AthyPlanned · supply quality

42 customers affected · began Tue 3 Nov, 10:02 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

38 customers affected · began Mon 2 Nov, 15:56 · scheduled until 16:00 (4 min)

MountmellickPlanned · new connections

12 customers affected · began Mon 2 Nov, 10:05 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 55 min)

AthyPlanned · new connections

73 customers affected · began Sat 31 Oct, 09:39 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned · supply quality

112 customers affected · began Fri 30 Oct, 10:30 · scheduled until 17:00 (6 h 30 min)

AthyPlanned · new connections

45 customers affected · began Thu 29 Oct, 11:17 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

94 customers affected · began Thu 29 Oct, 10:41 · scheduled until 16:30 (5 h 49 min)

MountmellickPlanned · supply quality

34 customers affected · began Thu 29 Oct, 10:16 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

18 customers affected · began Thu 29 Oct, 10:07 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyFault

14 customers affected · began Thu 29 Oct, 10:05 · off for about 1 h 30 min · no restore time published

MountmellickPlanned · supply quality

14 customers affected · began Wed 28 Oct, 13:02 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

PortlaoiseFault

27 customers affected · began Wed 28 Oct, 10:51 · restored 13:34 (2 h 43 min) · 1 h 26 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

42 customers affected · began Wed 28 Oct, 10:19 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

BracklonePlanned · supply quality

76 customers affected · began Wed 28 Oct, 10:02 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

BracklonePlanned · new connections

12 customers affected · began Wed 28 Oct, 09:39 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

46 customers affected · began Tue 27 Oct, 11:09 · listed for about 1 h 30 min · no end time published

MountmellickPlanned · line diversion

58 customers affected · began Tue 27 Oct, 09:41 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

BallyraggetFault

534 customers affected · began Mon 26 Oct, 11:57 · restored 12:23 (26 min) · 3 h 37 min earlier than ESB estimated

PallasFault

95 customers affected · began Sun 25 Oct, 09:10 · off for about 1 h · no restore time published

PallasFault

210 customers affected · began Sun 25 Oct, 08:41 · off for about 1 h 30 min · no restore time published

PortlaoiseFault

1,090 customers affected · began Sun 25 Oct, 08:34 · restored 09:07 (33 min) · 38 min earlier than ESB estimated

CastlecomerFault

96 customers affected · began Sun 25 Oct, 00:23 · restored 10:22 (10 h 59 min) · 3 h 38 min earlier than ESB estimated

25 Oct, 00:23Outage began · 96 customers
25 Oct, 03:0139 customers still off
25 Oct, 10:22Supply restored

AthyPlanned · line diversion

12 customers affected · began Fri 23 Oct, 10:47 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

PortarlingtonPlanned · new connections

52 customers affected · began Thu 22 Oct, 10:43 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 17 min)

PortarlingtonPlanned · network upgrade

54 customers affected · began Thu 22 Oct, 09:37 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

234 customers affected · began Wed 21 Oct, 09:05 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

BallyraggetPlanned · supply quality

998 customers affected · began Tue 20 Oct, 15:28 · listed for under 30 min · no end time published

MountrathFault

60 customers affected · began Tue 20 Oct, 11:17 · restored 15:23 (4 h 6 min) · 2 h 37 min earlier than ESB estimated

20 Oct, 11:17Outage began · 60 customers
2 further updates
- 20 Oct, 13:3340 customers still off
- 20 Oct, 13:5928 customers still off
20 Oct, 15:23Supply restored

AbbeyleixPlanned · line diversion

93 customers affected · began Tue 20 Oct, 10:05 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

MountrathFault

1,015 customers affected · began Tue 20 Oct, 07:52 · restored 08:30 (38 min) · 30 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

872 customers affected · began Tue 20 Oct, 07:51 · restored 10:32 (2 h 41 min) · 28 min earlier than ESB estimated

20 Oct, 07:51Outage began · 872 customers
2 further updates
- 20 Oct, 08:3044 customers still off
- 20 Oct, 09:02872 customers still off
20 Oct, 10:32Supply restored

MountmellickFault

117 customers affected · began Sat 17 Oct, 11:30 · restored 13:13 (1 h 43 min) · 28 min later than ESB estimated

MountmellickFault

58 customers affected · began Sat 17 Oct, 10:46 · restored 12:38 (1 h 52 min) · 7 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortarlingtonFault

219 customers affected · began Sat 17 Oct, 06:31 · restored 06:48 (17 min) · 57 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortarlingtonFault

280 customers affected · began Sat 17 Oct, 06:16 · restored 06:21 (5 min) · 3 h 39 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortarlingtonFault

773 customers affected · began Sat 17 Oct, 03:41 · restored 06:16 (2 h 35 min) · 59 min earlier than ESB estimated

17 Oct, 03:41Outage began · 773 customers
17 Oct, 05:31609 customers still off
17 Oct, 06:16Supply restored

MountrathPlanned · network upgrade

17 customers affected · began Fri 16 Oct, 13:46 · listed for about 1 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

33 customers affected · began Fri 16 Oct, 09:41 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

MountmellickPlanned · new connections

74 customers affected · began Fri 16 Oct, 09:22 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

CastlecomerPlanned · new connections

21 customers affected · began Thu 15 Oct, 10:53 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

31 customers affected · began Thu 15 Oct, 09:27 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

PallasFault

104 customers affected · began Thu 15 Oct, 09:27 · expected back by 14:30 (about 5 h) · no restore time published

RoscreaFault

57 customers affected · began Wed 14 Oct, 16:29 · restored 19:18 (2 h 49 min) · 1 h 42 min earlier than ESB estimated

BrackloneFault

568 customers affected · began Wed 14 Oct, 11:56 · restored 17:23 (5 h 27 min) · 2 h 37 min earlier than ESB estimated

14 Oct, 11:56Outage began · 568 customers
2 further updates
- 14 Oct, 13:00139 customers still off
- 14 Oct, 13:3176 customers still off
14 Oct, 17:23Supply restored

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

74 customers affected · began Wed 14 Oct, 11:11 · scheduled until 16:00 (4 h 49 min)

GraiguePlanned

15 customers affected · began Tue 13 Oct, 11:36 · scheduled until 16:30 (4 h 54 min)

GraiguePlanned

15 customers affected · began Tue 13 Oct, 11:07 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

GraiguePlanned

10 customers affected · began Tue 13 Oct, 10:33 · scheduled until 16:30 (5 h 57 min)

MountmellickPlanned · supply quality

42 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 11:15 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

PallasFault

62 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:31 · off for about 30 min · no restore time published

PallasFault

84 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:30 · off for about 30 min · no restore time published

PallasFault

135 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:21 · off for about 30 min · no restore time published

PallasFault

123 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:16 · off for about 1 h · no restore time published

PallasFault

103 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:14 · off for about 1 h · no restore time published

PallasFault

197 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:13 · off for about 1 h · no restore time published

PallasFault

2,259 customers affected · began Mon 12 Oct, 08:11 · restored 11:17 (3 h 6 min) · 13 min earlier than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixPlanned · line diversion

14 customers affected · began Fri 9 Oct, 09:05 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

AbbeyleixFault

12 customers affected · began Thu 8 Oct, 15:13 · restored 18:58 (3 h 45 min) · 1 h 2 min earlier than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixFault

12 customers affected · began Thu 8 Oct, 12:17 · restored 14:47 (2 h 30 min) · 43 min earlier than ESB estimated

BallyraggetPlanned · new connections

28 customers affected · began Thu 8 Oct, 11:21 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

GraiguePlanned · supply quality

201 customers affected · began Wed 7 Oct, 10:37 · listed for about 9 h 30 min · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

53 customers affected · began Wed 7 Oct, 09:41 · scheduled until 16:00 (6 h 19 min)

AbbeyleixFault

94 customers affected · began Tue 6 Oct, 15:34 · expected back by 17:45 (about 2 h) · no restore time published

MountmellickPlanned · supply quality

168 customers affected · began Tue 6 Oct, 10:12 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

GraiguePlanned · supply quality

109 customers affected · began Tue 6 Oct, 10:11 · scheduled until 19:00 (8 h 49 min)

PortarlingtonPlanned · supply quality

14 customers affected · began Mon 5 Oct, 13:15 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

PortarlingtonPlanned · supply quality

101 customers affected · began Mon 5 Oct, 10:03 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

62 customers affected · began Mon 5 Oct, 09:11 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

RathdowneyFault

29 customers affected · began Fri 2 Oct, 11:38 · restored 12:30 (52 min) · 1 h 30 min earlier than ESB estimated

PallasPlanned · network upgrade

33 customers affected · began Fri 2 Oct, 11:01 · listed for about 1 h 30 min · no end time published

RoscreaPlanned

284 customers affected · began Thu 1 Oct, 10:44 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

50 customers affected · began Thu 1 Oct, 09:34 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

GraigueFault

11 customers affected · began Wed 30 Sep, 19:13 · restored Thu 1 Oct, 16:43 (21 h 30 min) · 3 h 43 min later than ESB estimated

RathdowneyPlanned · supply quality

12 customers affected · began Wed 30 Sep, 11:44 · scheduled until 16:00 (4 h 16 min)

AthyFault

41 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 22:35 · restored Wed 30 Sep, 16:49 (18 h 14 min)

MountrathFault

83 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 19:24 · restored Wed 30 Sep, 10:57 (15 h 33 min) · 2 h 3 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortlaoiseFault

85 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 18:30 · expected back by 20:45 (about 2 h 30 min) · no restore time published

PortlaoiseFault

27 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 18:27 · restored 19:57 (1 h 30 min) · 33 min earlier than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixFault

16 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 18:26 · off for about 4 h · no restore time published

AthyFault

1,611 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 18:20 · off for about 5 h 30 min · no restore time published

29 Sep, 18:20Outage began · 1,611 customers
5 further updates
- 29 Sep, 21:03498 customers still off
- 29 Sep, 21:32441 customers still off
- 29 Sep, 22:01498 customers still off
- 29 Sep, 22:09261 customers still off
- 29 Sep, 23:02199 customers still off
30 Sep, 00:01Last seen still out

AbbeyleixFault

1,520 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 17:44 · restored 18:10 (26 min) · 35 min earlier than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixFault

92 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 17:35 · restored 19:30 (1 h 55 min) · 15 min earlier than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixFault

92 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 17:23 · expected back by 19:30 (about 2 h) · no restore time published

RathdowneyFault

79 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 15:40 · restored 17:22 (1 h 42 min) · 23 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountmellickFault

57 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 11:51 · restored 13:09 (1 h 18 min) · 21 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortarlingtonPlanned · new connections

24 customers affected · began Tue 29 Sep, 11:13 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

55 customers affected · began Mon 28 Sep, 10:55 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

PallasPlanned · supply quality

126 customers affected · began Mon 28 Sep, 10:22 · scheduled until 16:30 (6 h 8 min)

PortarlingtonFault

10 customers affected · began Sun 27 Sep, 16:21 · restored 19:32 (3 h 11 min) · 28 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortarlingtonFault

105 customers affected · began Sun 27 Sep, 10:04 · restored 13:00 (2 h 56 min) · 45 min later than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

41 customers affected · began Fri 25 Sep, 17:13 · scheduled until 20:00 (2 h 47 min)

AthyFault

1,443 customers affected · began Fri 25 Sep, 11:12 · restored 12:24 (1 h 12 min) · 1 h 51 min earlier than ESB estimated

AthyPlanned · line diversion

89 customers affected · began Fri 25 Sep, 10:26 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 34 min)

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

64 customers affected · began Thu 24 Sep, 10:28 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 32 min)

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

15 customers affected · began Thu 24 Sep, 10:01 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

MountrathFault

163 customers affected · began Thu 24 Sep, 07:09 · restored 08:32 (1 h 23 min) · 28 min earlier than ESB estimated

CastlecomerPlanned · supply quality

57 customers affected · began Tue 22 Sep, 10:26 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 34 min)

MountmellickPlanned · supply quality

32 customers affected · began Tue 22 Sep, 09:49 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · new connections

117 customers affected · began Tue 22 Sep, 09:48 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

42 customers affected · began Tue 22 Sep, 09:29 · scheduled until 17:00 (7 h 31 min)

PortlaoisePlanned · supply quality

17 customers affected · began Mon 21 Sep, 14:11 · listed for about 1 h 30 min · no end time published

BallyraggetPlanned · new connections

28 customers affected · began Mon 21 Sep, 10:38 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · supply quality

15 customers affected · began Mon 21 Sep, 09:48 · scheduled until 13:00 (3 h 12 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

266 customers affected · began Mon 21 Sep, 09:41 · scheduled until 17:00 (7 h 19 min)

PortarlingtonFault

10 customers affected · began Sat 19 Sep, 16:16 · restored 17:41 (1 h 25 min) · 1 h 4 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

21 customers affected · began Fri 18 Sep, 15:13 · restored 16:01 (48 min) · 59 min earlier than ESB estimated

BallyraggetPlanned · new connections

69 customers affected · began Fri 18 Sep, 11:53 · scheduled until 16:00 (4 h 7 min)

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Fri 18 Sep, 11:01 · restored 15:10 (4 h 9 min) · 50 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortlaoisePlanned

54 customers affected · began Fri 18 Sep, 09:41 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Fri 18 Sep, 07:26 · restored 08:46 (1 h 20 min) · 44 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathPlanned · new connections

17 customers affected · began Thu 17 Sep, 11:49 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

74 customers affected · began Thu 17 Sep, 10:11 · listed for about 8 h 30 min · no end time published

MountmellickPlanned · new connections

37 customers affected · began Thu 17 Sep, 09:49 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Thu 17 Sep, 09:45 · restored 10:46 (1 h 1 min) · 59 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

62 customers affected · began Wed 16 Sep, 12:42 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoiseFault

11 customers affected · began Wed 16 Sep, 07:59 · restored 09:00 (1 h 1 min) · 1 h 45 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Tue 15 Sep, 19:35 · restored 22:12 (2 h 37 min) · 48 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

85 customers affected · began Tue 15 Sep, 19:11 · restored 23:14 (4 h 3 min) · 14 min later than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

1,886 customers affected · began Tue 15 Sep, 17:49 · restored 18:18 (29 min) · 42 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

150 customers affected · began Tue 15 Sep, 09:28 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

91 customers affected · began Mon 14 Sep, 12:43 · scheduled until 18:00 (5 h 17 min)

AbbeyleixPlanned · line diversion

15 customers affected · began Mon 14 Sep, 10:22 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Sun 13 Sep, 05:15 · restored 07:41 (2 h 26 min) · 34 min earlier than ESB estimated

CastlecomerFault

385 customers affected · began Fri 11 Sep, 16:43 · restored 20:15 (3 h 32 min) · 45 min earlier than ESB estimated

BallyraggetPlanned · new connections

54 customers affected · began Fri 11 Sep, 10:26 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

MountmellickPlanned · network upgrade

52 customers affected · began Fri 11 Sep, 09:50 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

AthyFault

12 customers affected · began Thu 10 Sep, 20:33 · restored 22:22 (1 h 49 min) · 1 h 23 min earlier than ESB estimated

CastlecomerFault

35 customers affected · began Thu 10 Sep, 20:20 · off for about 30 min · no restore time published

CastlecomerFault

385 customers affected · began Thu 10 Sep, 05:15 · restored 11:23 (6 h 8 min) · 38 min later than ESB estimated

10 Sep, 05:15Outage began · 385 customers
10 Sep, 09:3038 customers still off
10 Sep, 11:23Supply restored

PallasFault

34 customers affected · began Wed 9 Sep, 17:08 · restored 18:10 (1 h 2 min) · 50 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountmellickPlanned · line diversion

66 customers affected · began Wed 9 Sep, 11:19 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · new connections

22 customers affected · began Wed 9 Sep, 10:49 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 11 min)

PortlaoisePlanned · line diversion

21 customers affected · began Wed 9 Sep, 09:15 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoiseFault

11 customers affected · began Tue 8 Sep, 15:54 · restored 17:43 (1 h 49 min) · 17 min earlier than ESB estimated

AthyFault

20 customers affected · began Mon 7 Sep, 21:34 · restored Tue 8 Sep, 08:57 (11 h 23 min) · 9 h 12 min later than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

36 customers affected · began Mon 7 Sep, 15:02 · restored 17:57 (2 h 55 min)

7 Sep, 15:02Outage began · 33 customers
7 Sep, 16:0136 customers still off
7 Sep, 17:57Supply restored

BallyraggetPlanned

156 customers affected · began Mon 7 Sep, 09:24 · scheduled until 16:30 (7 h 6 min)

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Sun 6 Sep, 04:09 · restored 08:46 (4 h 37 min) · 1 h 46 min later than ESB estimated

BallyraggetPlanned · new connections

116 customers affected · began Fri 4 Sep, 11:00 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h)

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

25 customers affected · began Fri 4 Sep, 09:51 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

CastlecomerFault

16 customers affected · began Thu 3 Sep, 18:13 · restored Fri 4 Sep, 01:24 (7 h 11 min) · 1 h 24 min later than ESB estimated

PortlaoiseFault

11 customers affected · began Thu 3 Sep, 15:57 · restored 17:24 (1 h 27 min) · 36 min earlier than ESB estimated

RathdowneyPlanned · supply quality

12 customers affected · began Thu 3 Sep, 10:04 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathFault

28 customers affected · began Thu 3 Sep, 09:32 · restored 13:33 (4 h 1 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

124 customers affected · began Thu 3 Sep, 09:20 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned

80 customers affected · began Wed 2 Sep, 10:03 · scheduled until 17:00 (6 h 57 min)

PallasPlanned · network upgrade

27 customers affected · began Wed 2 Sep, 10:00 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

AbbeyleixPlanned · line diversion

44 customers affected · began Tue 1 Sep, 16:10 · listed for about 1 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

32 customers affected · began Tue 1 Sep, 15:17 · listed for about 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned

55 customers affected · began Tue 1 Sep, 10:18 · scheduled until 17:00 (6 h 42 min)

MountmellickPlanned · line diversion

82 customers affected · began Mon 31 Aug, 11:20 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

33 customers affected · began Mon 31 Aug, 09:48 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

GraigueFault

10 customers affected · began Sun 30 Aug, 21:19 · restored Mon 31 Aug, 13:45 (16 h 26 min) · 1 h 45 min earlier than ESB estimated

PallasFault

11 customers affected · began Sat 29 Aug, 09:03 · restored 10:47 (1 h 44 min) · 13 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

12 customers affected · began Fri 28 Aug, 16:15 · restored 18:44 (2 h 29 min) · 29 min later than ESB estimated

RathdowneyPlanned · new connections

15 customers affected · began Fri 28 Aug, 11:22 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

PortlaoiseFault

69 customers affected · began Fri 28 Aug, 04:51 · restored 06:52 (2 h 1 min)

PortlaoiseFault

53 customers affected · began Fri 28 Aug, 03:34 · restored 04:52 (1 h 18 min)

PortlaoiseFault

213 customers affected · began Fri 28 Aug, 01:16 · expected back by 02:30 (about 1 h) · no restore time published

PortlaoiseFault

1,583 customers affected · began Fri 28 Aug, 00:15 · expected back by 01:30 (about 1 h 30 min) · no restore time published

28 Aug, 00:15Outage began · 1,583 customers
28 Aug, 00:33766 customers still off
28 Aug, 01:30Estimated restore, from ESB

PortarlingtonPlanned · network upgrade

22 customers affected · began Thu 27 Aug, 14:50 · scheduled until 16:00 (1 h 10 min)

PortarlingtonPlanned · network upgrade

13 customers affected · began Thu 27 Aug, 10:08 · listed for about 2 h · no end time published

CastlecomerPlanned · new connections

64 customers affected · began Thu 27 Aug, 09:56 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · line diversion

75 customers affected · began Wed 26 Aug, 09:11 · scheduled until 16:00 (6 h 49 min)

26 Aug, 09:11Outage began · 75 customers
2 further updates
- 26 Aug, 10:0163 customers still off
- 26 Aug, 15:0312 customers still off
26 Aug, 16:00Scheduled end

MountrathPlanned · new connections

40 customers affected · began Tue 25 Aug, 09:57 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

AthyPlanned · new connections

49 customers affected · began Tue 25 Aug, 09:55 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · supply quality

110 customers affected · began Tue 25 Aug, 09:36 · listed for about 7 h · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned

16 customers affected · began Sat 22 Aug, 09:01 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · new connections

22 customers affected · began Fri 21 Aug, 10:57 · listed for about 1 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

15 customers affected · began Fri 21 Aug, 09:58 · scheduled until 16:00 (6 h 2 min)

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

126 customers affected · began Fri 21 Aug, 09:14 · listed for about 3 h · no end time published

AthyPlanned · new connections

37 customers affected · began Thu 20 Aug, 18:28 · scheduled until 18:30 (2 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

12 customers affected · began Thu 20 Aug, 10:09 · scheduled until 17:00 (6 h 51 min)

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

43 customers affected · began Thu 20 Aug, 09:23 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

PallasPlanned · network upgrade

221 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 11:16 · scheduled until 16:30 (5 h 14 min)

RathdowneyPlanned · new connections

40 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 11:15 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

RoscreaPlanned · supply quality

33 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 09:58 · scheduled until 17:00 (7 h 2 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

144 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 09:57 · scheduled until 17:00 (7 h 3 min)

MountrathFault

39 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 09:01 · off for about 1 h 30 min · no restore time published

Repeat fault - outage 2 of 2 at this location in quick succession

MountrathFault

39 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 07:19 · restored 08:49 (1 h 30 min) · 56 min earlier than ESB estimated

Repeat fault - outage 1 of 2 at this location in quick succession

MountrathFault

27 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 07:05 · restored 10:29 (3 h 24 min) · 1 h 31 min earlier than ESB estimated

RathdowneyFault

13 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 00:12 · expected back by 07:30 (about 7 h 30 min) · no restore time published

RathdowneyFault

96 customers affected · began Wed 19 Aug, 00:03 · restored 08:11 (8 h 8 min) · 49 min earlier than ESB estimated

AbbeyleixPlanned · new connections

33 customers affected · began Tue 18 Aug, 09:47 · scheduled until 16:00 (6 h 13 min)

RathdowneyPlanned · supply quality

282 customers affected · began Tue 18 Aug, 09:40 · listed for about 7 h · no end time published

MountrathFault

24 customers affected · began Mon 17 Aug, 19:43 · restored 21:35 (1 h 52 min) · 10 min earlier than ESB estimated

BallyraggetPlanned · new connections

121 customers affected · began Mon 17 Aug, 11:04 · listed for about 2 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned · network upgrade

14 customers affected · began Mon 17 Aug, 11:01 · scheduled until 16:30 (5 h 29 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

83 customers affected · began Mon 17 Aug, 09:35 · listed for about 7 h · no end time published

RathdowneyFault

748 customers affected · began Sun 16 Aug, 12:10 · restored 12:38 (28 min) · 1 h 7 min earlier than ESB estimated

Repeat fault - outage 2 of 2 at this location in quick succession

RathdowneyFault

749 customers affected · began Sun 16 Aug, 11:37 · restored 12:08 (31 min) · 1 h 7 min earlier than ESB estimated

Repeat fault - outage 1 of 2 at this location in quick succession

RathdowneyFault

328 customers affected · began Sun 16 Aug, 11:24 · restored 11:37 (13 min) · 1 h 23 min earlier than ESB estimated

RathdowneyFault

825 customers affected · began Sun 16 Aug, 10:36 · restored 11:17 (41 min) · 58 min earlier than ESB estimated

16 Aug, 10:36Outage began · 825 customers
16 Aug, 11:15209 customers still off
16 Aug, 11:17Supply restored

PortlaoisePlanned · supply quality

186 customers affected · began Sat 15 Aug, 09:03 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

RathdowneyFault

1,599 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 17:25 · restored 17:48 (23 min) · 42 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortlaoisePlanned · network upgrade

27 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 14:36 · scheduled until 16:00 (1 h 24 min)

PortlaoisePlanned · line diversion

19 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 11:40 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

12 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 10:26 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

205 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 10:25 · scheduled until 17:00 (6 h 35 min)

MountrathFault

27 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 10:09 · restored 15:40 (5 h 31 min) · 40 min later than ESB estimated

PortlaoisePlanned · network upgrade

57 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 09:37 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · network upgrade

22 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 09:19 · scheduled until 13:00 (3 h 41 min)

MountrathFault

124 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 09:12 · off for about 30 min · no restore time published

RoscreaFault

38 customers affected · began Fri 14 Aug, 09:08 · restored 09:23 (15 min) · 1 h 22 min earlier than ESB estimated

RathdowneyPlanned

1,599 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 17:24 · listed for about 30 min · no end time published

BallyraggetFault

1,000 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 17:24 · restored 18:03 (39 min) · 2 h 42 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountrathFault

227 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 17:24 · restored 18:03 (39 min) · 2 h 42 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortlaoiseFault

16 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 10:43 · restored 15:01 (4 h 18 min) · 29 min earlier than ESB estimated

AthyPlanned

87 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 10:11 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned

241 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 09:58 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned

224 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 09:57 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

PortlaoiseFault

16 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 07:50 · restored 09:14 (1 h 24 min) · 1 h 16 min earlier than ESB estimated

PortlaoiseFault

604 customers affected · began Thu 13 Aug, 03:59 · restored 04:17 (18 min) · 43 min earlier than ESB estimated

AthyFault

43 customers affected · began Wed 12 Aug, 17:38 · restored 18:59 (1 h 21 min) · 2 h 16 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountmellickPlanned · new connections

33 customers affected · began Wed 12 Aug, 10:20 · listed for about 4 h · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

89 customers affected · began Wed 12 Aug, 10:12 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned

170 customers affected · began Wed 12 Aug, 09:07 · scheduled until 16:30 (7 h 23 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

97 customers affected · began Tue 11 Aug, 09:42 · listed for about 6 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned

176 customers affected · began Tue 11 Aug, 09:12 · listed for about 7 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned

329 customers affected · began Mon 10 Aug, 10:29 · scheduled until 16:00 (5 h 31 min)

PortlaoiseFault

43 customers affected · began Mon 10 Aug, 10:07 · off for about 1 h · no restore time published

PortlaoisePlanned · supply quality

147 customers affected · began Sat 8 Aug, 10:45 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

AbbeyleixFault

60 customers affected · began Sat 8 Aug, 00:44 · restored 08:15 (7 h 31 min) · 5 h 45 min earlier than ESB estimated

GraiguePlanned · new connections

106 customers affected · began Fri 7 Aug, 10:07 · listed for about 5 h 30 min · no end time published

RathdowneyPlanned · supply quality

52 customers affected · began Fri 7 Aug, 09:24 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

MountrathFault

19 customers affected · began Fri 7 Aug, 07:42 · restored 09:40 (1 h 58 min) · 1 h 20 min earlier than ESB estimated

RoscreaPlanned · network upgrade

57 customers affected · began Thu 6 Aug, 09:51 · listed for about 3 h 30 min · no end time published

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

42 customers affected · began Thu 6 Aug, 09:31 · listed for about 7 h · no end time published

PallasPlanned · supply quality

25 customers affected · began Wed 5 Aug, 09:58 · listed for about 6 h · no end time published

PortlaoisePlanned · supply quality

11 customers affected · began Wed 5 Aug, 09:34 · scheduled until 14:00 (4 h 26 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

40 customers affected · began Wed 5 Aug, 09:25 · scheduled until 17:00 (7 h 35 min)

PortlaoisePlanned · line diversion

28 customers affected · began Tue 4 Aug, 10:53 · listed for about 4 h 30 min · no end time published

AthyPlanned · supply quality

40 customers affected · began Tue 4 Aug, 10:23 · scheduled until 16:30 (6 h 7 min)

MountrathPlanned · supply quality

94 customers affected · began Tue 4 Aug, 09:26 · listed for about 5 h · no end time published

MountmellickFault

11 customers affected · began Mon 3 Aug, 22:37 · restored Tue 4 Aug, 00:56 (2 h 19 min) · 19 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountmellickFault

14 customers affected · began Mon 3 Aug, 22:33 · restored Tue 4 Aug, 00:56 (2 h 23 min) · 11 min later than ESB estimated

MountmellickFault

12 customers affected · began Mon 3 Aug, 22:31 · restored Tue 4 Aug, 00:55 (2 h 24 min) · 10 min later than ESB estimated

RoscreaFault

28 customers affected · began Mon 3 Aug, 21:03 · restored Tue 4 Aug, 00:09 (3 h 6 min) · 21 min earlier than ESB estimated

MountmellickFault

1,660 customers affected · began Mon 3 Aug, 20:15 · restored Tue 4 Aug, 15:18 (19 h 3 min) · 42 min earlier than ESB estimated

3 Aug, 20:15Outage began · 1,660 customers
4 further updates
- 3 Aug, 21:02764 customers still off
- 3 Aug, 21:40633 customers still off
- 3 Aug, 22:24347 customers still off
- 3 Aug, 23:2132 customers still off
4 Aug, 15:18Supply restored

AbbeyleixFault

34 customers affected · began Sat 1 Aug, 13:48 · restored 15:31 (1 h 43 min) · 44 min earlier than ESB estimated

Areas with an outage · 81 areas

Abbeyleix11 outages1,897 people
Around Abbeyleix3 outages1,082 people
Around Aghmacart2 outages377 people
Around Arderin5 outages292 people
Around Arless5 outages408 people
Around Ballickmoyler8 outages848 people
Around Ballinakill4 outages376 people
Around Ballyadams4 outages437 people
Around Ballybrittas1 outage691 people
Around Ballybrophy2 outages223 people
Around Ballycarroll1 outage398 people
Around Ballyfin3 outages711 people
Around Ballylynan4 outages360 people
Around Ballyroan1 outage536 people
Around Barrowhouse2 outages518 people
Around Caher1 outage108 people
Around Castletown6 outages381 people
Around Clash6 outages372 people
Around Clondarrig2 outages471 people
Around Clonin2 outages243 people
Around Clonkeen1 outage693 people
Around Colt4 outages180 people
Around Coolrain2 outages328 people
Around Cullahill1 outage362 people
Around Donaghmore1 outage273 people
Around Donore3 outages486 people
Around Dunmore3 outages284 people
Around Durrow1 outage437 people
Around Dysartgallen4 outages275 people
Around Emo7 outages1,055 people
Around Fossy2 outages183 people
Around Graigue1 outage264 people
Around Graigue Rural2 outages475 people
Around Grantstown1 outage388 people
Around Jamestown4 outages532 people
Around Kilcolmanbane6 outages627 people
Around Kildellig6 outages297 people
Around Killabban3 outages456 people
Around Killermogh2 outages225 people
Around Kilmullen2 outages599 people
Around Kilmurry1 outage305 people
Around Kilnaseer1 outage325 people
Around Kyle3 outages224 people
Around Lacka4 outages309 people
Around Luggacurren2 outages329 people
Around Marymount1 outage148 people
Around Meelick2 outages420 people
Around Mountmellick Rural6 outages662 people
Around Mountrath3 outages611 people
Around Moyanna1 outage410 people
Around Newtown1 outage330 people
Around Portlaoighise Rural3 outages1,446 people
Around Raheen1 outage495 people
Around Rathaspick1 outage287 people
Around Rathsaran5 outages345 people
Around Rearymore2 outages307 people
Around Rosenallis2 outages442 people
Around Sallyford3 outages604 people
Around Shaen1 outage1,001 people
Around Stradbally1 outage508 people
Around Tankardstown2 outages405 people
Around Timahoe2 outages664 people
Around Trumra2 outages284 people
Around Turra2 outages392 people
Around Vicarstown2 outages192 people
Ballycolla2 outages133 people
Ballylinan4 outages1,167 people
Ballyroan5 outages657 people
Borris-In-Ossory1 outage629 people
Castletown2 outages454 people
Clonaslee2 outages608 people
Durrow4 outages946 people
Emo1 outage283 people
Errill1 outage192 people
Killenard1 outage741 people
Mountmellick4 outages4,905 people
Mountrath9 outages2,070 people
Newtown2 outages269 people
Portarlington8 outages9,288 people
Portlaoise24 outages23,494 people
Rathdowney4 outages1,368 people

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Where faults keep happening · since 31 July 2026

Outage history · 257 outages

Areas with an outage · 81 areas

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