A major fault has resulted in a power outage in parts of Dundalk this morning.
The incident at the Ramparts is affecting around 496 customers with street lights out in a number of areas including the Ardee Road, The Crescent, Anne Street and Vincent Avenue.
ESB Networks are dealing with the problem and hope to have full service restored by 10am.
Information on the new 1,000mbps broadband on the way to Dundalk will be available in the Marshes Shopping Centre this weekend.
Dundalk is the first town in the country to get SIRO’s new 100% fibre-optic broadband network.
Since September the new high speed broadband, made available in a joint venture by ESB and Vodafone, has been available to over 800 homes in the Coes Road area with more people set to benefit in the coming weeks.
A SIRO stall will be in the Marshes Shopping Centre from Thursday to Sunday showing how you can work smarter, play harder and shine brighter with the new 1GBps speeds.
For further details pop along to the Marshes this weekend or visit www.siro.ie
Part of the M1 motorway will be closed in the early hours of tomorrow morning to facilitate emergency repair work at Junction 17 Castleblayney by ESB Networks.
To facilitate the work, it will be necessary to close the motorway northbound and southbound between Junction 16 Dundalk North and Junction 18 Dundalk South/Carlingford between midnight and 5am.
Traffic will be diverted off the N1 southbound at Junction 18 (Dundalk North) and onto the N52 (Dundalk Inner Relief Road). Traffic will re-join the M1 southbound at Junction 16 (Dundalk South). The northbound diversion will use the same route in reverse. The traffic management will be carried out by North-Link.
The Xerox junction in Dundalk
Louth County Council have warned motorists about a possible power outage at the Xerox junction in Dundalk tomorrow morning.
Traffic lights at the busy junction may be affected by ESB works taking place from 9am to 3pm.
The lights have been frequently out of order in recent times but if out again tomorrow motorists are advised to proceed with caution.
Gardaí are investigating a road crash which took place in Dundalk yesterday afternoon in which the occupants of the vehicle fled the scene.
The single vehicle collision took place around 2.40pm yesterday when a car hit a lampost at the junction of the Castletown Road and Ecco Road.
The occupants of the car then abandoned the vehicle before quickly fleeing the scene.
Dundalk Fire Service were called to assist the ESB in making the area safe, with diversions in place for a short time.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who knows who may have been in the car at the time of the crash are asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 9335577.
SIRO, the joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone to deliver 1GB broadband to homes and businesses, held a presentation in Dundalk on Friday ahead of the roll out of the service here this autumn.
Dundalk will be the first town in the country to receive the new high speed broadband with the announcement made at an event at the County Museum.
The company says that the rollout of the network is currently underway in Dundalk and that services will be available from broadband retailers from autumn this year.
Approximately 800 homes and businesses in the Coes Road area will be the first to be offered the service, with an opportunity to participate in a trial from the end of September via registration on the SIRO website. It is hoped that 18,000 households in Dundalk and Blackrock will have access to 1GB broadband in the next 12 months.
SIRO is building a 100% fibre-optic internet service, with no copper connection at any point in the network, and has the ability to offer speeds up to 1 Gbps. As an example of what this means in practice, the company says that a high definition film of 4 gigabytes, which would take one hour to download with a 10 Mbps connection, would take 30 seconds on this new service.
“This is a first for Ireland. SIRO will mean that anyone starting a business in Dundalk will be able to compete not just at a national level, but at an international level,” said Sean Atkinson, CEO of SIRO.
“It will mean that students will be able send large files instantly, that families can download a movie in a few seconds and that working from home is a real prospect for employees.”
“It will mean a completely new internet for Dundalk. Dundalk has a vibrant local economy and a growing digital future, which we are delighted to be a part of.”
The service will be available in the area from the autumn and you can register your interest here.
Many locals were without radio and TV signals earlier today due to an ESB fault with the transmitter at Claremont Carn.
This affected the signal of both Saorview customers and those looking to access radio stations.
The matter has been resolved for many but others still remain without a signal.
SIRO, the joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone to deliver 1GB broadband to homes and businesses, are now accepting expressions of interest from people in Dundalk looking to avail of the service.
Earlier this year Dundalk was selected as one of the first 10 towns to receive the new broadband.
According to their website: “SIRO will deliver a 100% fibre-to-the-building broadband network, with speeds of 1,000Mbps, for the first time in Ireland and will soon propel Dundalk into the ranks of the world’s fastest broadband towns and open up a new world of possibilities for home users and businesses.”
The service will be available in the area from the autumn and you can register your interest here.
Dundalk will be one of the first towns in the country to receive superfast broadband as part of a joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone.
The €450m regional fibre broadband service will be rolled out in 50 towns in the first phase, with Dundalk and Drogheda to benefit in the initial phase.
It will deliver speeds of up to 1,000mbs (1GB), which is at least four times faster than current services in cities.
The new service will be launched this autumn and will be in 50 towns around the country by 2018. It is hoped that, if successful, it will be expanded into 200 other towns around the country.
Cavan is the first town where the new scheme has been piloted.
The new broadband means that the average HD film would take just 60 seconds to download.
Derek Roddy CEO climote and Eamon Conway MD climote
climote, the leading home technology company which was recently described as the European competitor of Nest, has announced that both John Mullins and Ian Marchant, ex CEO’s of Bord Gáis and SSE respectively, have invested in the award winning home technology company. The two giants of the energy sector in Ireland and the United Kingdom have also been appointed to the advisory board of climote, which was named as a National Champion in the European Business Awards in early September.
climote’s recently announced contract with ScottishPower has seen the home technology company going from strength to strength, as it builds upon the company’s existing partnerships with Electric Ireland (the retail arm of ESB) and Power NI. The partnership with ScottishPower, which climote won after a global tender of home technology companies, will see climote’s patented smart thermostat technology offered to the Scottish energy giant’s 5.6 million customers in the United Kingdom.
The news that two of the most influential and well regarded people in the energy business have backed climote will further boost the Dundalk headquartered company’s credentials as a leader in the connected home space. Collectively over the past ten years, John Mullins and Ian Marchant were responsible for providing energy to eleven million out of the twenty nine million homes in Ireland and the United Kingdom and were responsible for a combined annual turnover exceeding €30bn.
One of the most experienced leaders and innovators in the Irish energy sector, John Mullins has over 25 years’ experience across all areas of the energy business. During his time as Chief Executive, Bord Gáis established a significant electricity business, renewable and conventional generation assets. John Mullins commented, “I am absolutely delighted to be supporting the climote team, and I look forward to working on growing climote’s market share, entering new markets and rolling out new and exciting products across different markets. The technology behind the climote HUB, which allows users to control their home heating from anywhere, via one touch programming is beautifully simple and extremely reliable. The deal with ScottishPower, which climote won after a global tender of home technology companies is proof for me that climote can take on the biggest players in the industry and succeed. The focus by climote on a utility partnership strategy is now evident with these strong partnerships.”
“I have been using climote’s technology in my own home for many years now, so to be in a position where I will be part of the team driving climote forward is very exciting. Within the next few years, every home throughout Europe will be able to remotely manage their energy use and climote is well positioned to play a leading role in this industry-wide change.” continued Mullins.
Ian Marchant, who is also joining the advisory board as well as investing in climote, has over 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, including a decade at the helm of SSE, the UK’s second largest energy company. Ian Marchant’s vast knowledge will be an incredible asset for the fast growing home technology company.
The rapidly growing climote is the brainchild of ex-Honeywell executive Eamon Conway and connected homes innovator Derek Roddy, who provide a wealth of knowledge and experience in the smart heating space. The duo have created a patented product which enables users to control their home heating and adjust the temperature from anywhere in the world, using smart technology.
Eamon Conway, Managing Director of climote, commented on the announcement, “Following on from our recent ScottishPower announcement, we are extremely pleased to welcome both Ian Marchant and John Mullins on to climote’s advisory board. Both are renowned in the energy space and their acknowledgement and investment in the company is a hallmark for the product itself, as well as validation of our wider utility partnership strategy that focuses on partnering with utility companies to bring our technology to their customers. We look forward to working with Ian and John and hope it will be a long and fruitful partnership.”
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