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ESB confirm 228k Irish homes without power DAYS after Storm Eowyn won’t get compensation
THOUSANDS of hard hit households won’t be eligible for compensation despite being without power for a week.
Historic Storm Eowyn brought gale force winds of 180kph and caused widespread power outages and business closures last week.
A total of 768,000 ESB customers lost supply on Friday as Storm Eowyn ripped through the country – and thousands remain without power today.
ESB teams have been working tirelessly to restor supplies for households and business.
Crews have restored electricity in 438,000 premises as of yesterday afternoon.
But they are still desperately racing to restore power to 250,000 customers but the company has confirmed to the Irish Sun no compensation payments will be given.
A spokesperson told us: “In exceptional cases such as storms or extensive disruption to electricity supplies, we cannot offer this.”
In some situations, it is possible to claim compensation for electricity outages.
Under the ESB guide titled “Our 12 Service Guarantees To You” the company outlined their restoration guarantee.
The ESB said: “Even with the best will in the world, faults will
sometimes occur in our electricity network and you may be without supply.
“If this happens, please let us know immediately. We’ll do everything possible to restore your supply quickly.”
The company said their aim is to restore supply in under four hours in 95 per cent of cases.
But if you are without power for 24 hours after notifying them of your outage, you can claim compensation.
You can claim €65 if you are a domestic customer or €130 if you are a business.
And you can then claim an extra €35 for every extra 12 hours that you are without power.
In order to claim your payment under this guarantee, you should contact them within one month of the supply failure.
And if you lose power supply but notice that your neighbours still have power, the team recommends that you check your fuses and trip switch.
If these are ok, it may be the Main ESB fuse that has failed.
You should contact the ESB immediately.
The document states that they will call to you free of charge within three hours if you call them between 8.30am and 11pm.
Calls after 11pm are guaranteed to receive a call out before 11.30am the following morning.
If the ESB fails to meet these guarantees, they will pay you €35.
And the company has an extra guarantee for paying you.
The document said: “ESB Networks aims to provide you with an ever improving standard of service, and our Customer Service Guarantees are specifically designed to ensure this.”
The ESB guarantees to send you a cheque within 10 working days.
But if they fail to do this, they will pay you an additional €35.
I’m English football’s ultimate journeyman… Cilla Black once walked in on me naked in the dressing room
IT takes a lot to surprise a footballer who’s turned out for 24 different clubs across ten tiers of the English football pyramid.
But for veteran striker Leroy Lita, there is one day he’ll never forget.
Lita kicked off his career on the books of Chelsea’s academy and has turned out for the likes of Reading, Middlesbrough and Swansea, as well as a swathe of non-league teams.
Now at seventh tier Barwell, aged 40, Lita has opened up on some of his most hilarious stories from his decades-long playing career.
And topping the list? Cilla Black giving him the surprise, surprise of his life by walking in on him naked.
Lita told The Times: “My first experience [at Reading] was walking in with the chairman and Cilla Black.
“He walked past me like he didn’t know who I was, and he had just paid £1million out of his own pocket for me.
“It wasn’t out of the club budget. He didn’t even know what I looked like and my agent had to tell him.
“I was just shocked that he was with Cilla Black. I used to watch Blind Date and Surprise Surprise, and was like, ‘That’s her, isn’t it?!’
“She used to always come to our games and come into the changing room.
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“I remember playing Arsenal away, getting changed, I was naked. She was just there with a big smile.”
Talk about a Blind Date…
Cilla’s regular appearances at Reading come as no surprise, with then-owner John Madejski calling the former pop star and TV personality his “soulmate” after they enjoyed a long friendship.
The Blind Date host died in 2015 aged 72.
Lita – who scored six times in nine games for England‘s Under-21s – has racked up nearly 600 career games, scoring close to 200 goals in that spell.
However, his last stint in the English Football League came way back in the 2015-16 season, at League Two Yeovil.
Since then, Lita has enjoyed stints in Greece and Thailand, before returning home to embark on a journeyman non-league career.
Before joining Barwell last year, the striker turned out for Margate, Salisbury, Chelmsford City, Nuneaton Borough, Hednesford Town, Ilkestone Town and Coalville Town.
Moment Jet2 passenger dragged off flight after downing half a bottle of whisky & telling stewardess ‘f*** off you rat’
THIS is the dramatic moment a drunk Jet2 passenger was dragged off a flight heading to Turkey in front of shocked holiday goers.
Footage shows Lewis Howarth, 36, being hauled off the plane at Manchester Airport by cops after launching a foul-mouthed tirade at cabin crew.
The inebriated passenger had reportedly glugged half a bottle of whiskey and called one flight attendant a “d***head” when asked to fasten his seatbelt.
Cops quickly swooped in and were escorted toward unruly Howarth, who was described as “highly intoxicated” and had been swearing at other shocked holidaymakers.
When officers tried to coax Howarth off the flight, he quickly became belligerent.
“He started to resist and tried to fight or assault those escorting him,” prosecutor Saul Brody said.
“He was taken to the floor and handcuffed, and was described as thrashing his head towards the passengers and officers.
“He was restrained on the floor of the aisle, and once outside he continued shouting abuse towards the officers.”
Passengers applauded as the disruptive Howarth was booted off the Jet2 flight.
An officer told him: “You were bang out of order, there were so many kids on there.”
Howarth, from Bolton, then slurred back: “My kids are there… you are f****** wrong.
“Nah f*** off you little rats.
“Do you [really think] I’m not going to go on holiday?”
When cops told Howarth he had been placed under arrest, the passenger responded: “No I’m not, you little rat, you f****** d***heads, rat b******s.”
Prosecutors added that Howarth continued to resist arrest on the boarding bridge, kicking out at officers and even attempting to sink his teeth into them as he was escorted away.
Howarth, an installer who co-owns a building company, was jailed for 14 weeks following the incident.
He has previous convictions including affray, racially-aggravated harassment, assaulting a police officer and failing to comply with court orders.
Mitigating, barrister William Staunton said Howarth was ‘peer pressured’ into having a drink because he was nervous of flying.
But Recorder Geoffrey Wells, rubbished those claims.
“This behaviour was shocking,” Wells said.
“There is no excuse for being drunk when you go on an airplane.
“Your children saw you behaving like that. What kind of example is that? Wholly disgraceful.
“‘Peer pressure?’. What nonsense.”
The Sun Online has reached out to Jet2 for comment.
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Tragedy as man dies outside Lidl supermarket in front of horrified shoppers
A MAN has died at a Lidl supermarket in Bristol following a serious medical incident.
Cops were called to the scene outside the store in Bishopsworth, Bristol, on January 24.
Paramedics and police rushed to the scene, but the man, who was reportedly in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man’s family have been informed.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
A file has been prepared for the coroner and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death will be investigated.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: “At 11.20am on Friday 24 January we were made aware of a medical incident outside a store in Whitchurch Lane in Bishopsworth.
“Sadly a man in his 50s was pronounced deceased at the scene, despite the efforts of medics.
“The man’s family have been informed and our thoughts are with them. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
“A file has been prepared for the coroner.”
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) added: “We were called at 11:14hrs on Friday 24 January to an incident In Bishopsworth, Bristol.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, a first responder and the hazardous area response team to the scene.”
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