Thousands of homes affected by power cut in Lurgan

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Sep 2017, 12:58 BST
Updated 27th Sep 2017, 11:37 BST
A power cut in north Lurgan has left thousands of residents without electricity this morning.

According to the NI Electricity Networks the outage was first reported at 10.30am.

Traffic lights were out and NI Railways were unable to issue tickets to passengers due to the power cut.

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Also Lurgan Model Primary School was forced into an ‘emergency school closure’ due to the powercut.

The PTA posted on Facebook: “EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSURE. Due to power failure in the local area we have to close school.

“No school meals can be prepared. Please collect your children from school from now and by 11:15am if possible.”

“Please share this post and let other parents know. Thank you.”