Large amount of debris, fallen trees and power lines blocking Offaly roads
Trees are down on a number of roads in the county
OFFALY people are being advised to stay indoors during the orange weather warning due to the large amounts of fallen debris, power lines, and fallen trees which are blocking the network of roads in the county.
The council says its crews are on standby to respond when it's safe to do so.
There are more reports of fallen trees in Ballinagar, Belmont, Sharavogue, Geashill and Portarlington Golf Club.
Fallen trees are blocking roads in Ballinamere, Rahan, Mount Lucas, between Ballyfore Cross and Clonbullogue. Local roads around Drumcooley are blocked with fallen trees, roads around Clonmore linking Castlejordan are completely blocked. There is also a tree down between Ballycumber and Doon.
People should not approach fallen trees or fallen electricity lines. As power is out in many areas, traffic lights are also not working.
Meanwhile power is still gone in a number of areas around Offaly. In Tullamore two figures are being given for those affected by the Clonminch outage, 1136 and 650 depending on where you live. Blueball has 94 homes without power, Belmont 207, Lumcloon 55, Fivealley Birr 110 and Kinnitty 536.
The estimated time for restoration is unknown. The ESB says it is assessing the situation.