Flooding at Lough Funshinagh has already led to destruction of homes and farmland in the area in recent years.

The project comes with the Government's National Broadband Plan, which aims to improve connectivity in Ireland's rural areas.

Gardaí have appealed for any witnesses to the incident to come forward.

The ESB say they are working to restore power to the majority of homes by this afternoon.

They are hoping to increase their meals services by 10-15% on a weekly basis next year.

Nationally, Storm Debi has resulted in at least 100-thousand houses, farms and businesses without electricity at some point over the past 24 hours.

Louis J Belton served as a Fine Gael TD from 1989 to 1992 and again from 1997 until 2002, acting as a Senator in the interim.

Tulsk native, Callum Clarke, was just 11-years-old when he saved his grandfather from drowning during a fishing trip in 2021.