Crews from the North deployed to tackle Leitrim power outages

ESB crews from around the country and the North have been deployed to the Shannonside Northern Sound region to restore power following Storm Barra.

Close to 1,500 people remain without power for a second day.

Leitrim remains the county hit hardest in the region, with 1,212 homes and businesses still without electricity following the two day storm.

226 homes are waiting for the power to be restored in parts of Roscommon, while there are still a handful of outages in Cavan and Longford.

Siobhan Wynne from ESB Networks says crews will work late into the night to restore power.