Power outage hits Kilcullen

An electricity outage at lunchtime today discommoded more than 700 customers in Kilcullen, writes Brian Byrne.

The 3-hour outage was due to a line fault in the area. Restaurants, pubs and other businesses were affected as well as private homes. A number of burglar alarms went off due to bettery failures.

The service was restored in mid-afternoon, the ESB says ahead of forecast.