Vulnerable people must be given generators, claims Kerrane

A Roscommon-Galway TD is calling for medically vulnerable people to be given generators.

Sinn Fein's Claire Kerrane says people on the ESB's vulnerable customers' list were left "at sea" during Storm Eowyn.

Over 760,000 homes and businesses around the country were left without power - and many for weeks.

Deputy Kerrane told the Dáil they were not prioritised and generators are needed the next time:

Sligo-Leitrim TD Frank Feighan, from Fine Gael, says a huge amount of people in his area still have no broadband, landline or mobile coverage: