LISTEN: Arigna postmistress one of 5,000 Shannonside customers still without power - two weeks after storm

Close to 5,000 people remain without power in the Shannonside region today almost two weeks on from Storm Eowyn.

It includes 2,250 in Leitrim, 2,000 in Roscommon and 500 in Leitrim.

North Roscommon is one of the worst hit areas in the country, when it comes to ongoing power outages.

Eoghan Murphy was in Arigna this morning and first spoke to the village's postmistress, Wendy Elliott.

She has been without power, water and phone coverage in her home since the storm:

Eoghan also spoke to local councillor Leah Cull about the problem:

Longford-Westmeath TD Micheál Carrigy has told the Dáil of a case involving a 95-year-old woman from Ballinalee, Co Longford.