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Met Eireann Accused Of "Catastrophising" Winter Weather As Planned Carbury Power Outage Postponed

Residents in Monasterevin were left without power yesterday after a planned outage was implemented on one of the coldest days of the year.

Temperatures dipped to minus 8 degrees overnight as a status orange low temperature and ice warning remains in place.

ESB has told Kfm that a planned power outage in Killina in Carbury will be postponed.

Residents in Monasterevin were left without power yesterday after a planned outage was implemented on one of the coldest days of the year.

Meanwhile, Met Eireann is being accused of 'catastrophising' normal winter weather by issuing continuous weather warnings.

Aontu leader Peadar Toibin says while they are valid for some areas in recent days, others are just experiencing a heavy frost.

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