It would be the 28th December 1998 as the weekend was mentioned in the report and one of the esb technicans stating he kept working a day after st Stephen's and people saying I arrived at the weekend and this news bulletin was on Monday according to information and reports from locals. This was near to 1999.
On Boxing Day 1998 the transmitter network in Northern Ireland was put into disarray with this storm with nearly half of Northern Ireland's transmitters knocked out, leaving viewers with no BBC1, BBC2, UTV or Channel 4 for over 24 hours. Funnily enough the Irish transmitters were not badly affected, and those who could get RTE1, Network 2, TV3 and TG4 had some alternative (especially if they did not have Sky or cable).
The scale of the power outages shows just how poor the network can be up against stormy weather. This is the issue with overhead power cables, the only way rural Ireland can get electricity. Those in cities or large towns mostly have underground electric cables, and so not badly affected by stormy weather.
I learned that this was the equivalent to the boxing day storm 1998 and dosent matter if telecom phonelines weren't mentioned. This was like over a year after the Christmas storms at the end of 1997 consisting of reports about 1000s of homes left without electricity.
Have a news report video on the severe thunderstorms that hit the east of ireland on the night of 26th going into the early hours of the 27th of july 1985.
It would be the 28th December 1998 as the weekend was mentioned in the report and one of the esb technicans stating he kept working a day after st Stephen's and people saying I arrived at the weekend and this news bulletin was on Monday according to information and reports from locals.
This was near to 1999.
The yemen kidnapping lasted since 23rd December 1998 where people were detained.
On Boxing Day 1998 the transmitter network in Northern Ireland was put into disarray with this storm with nearly half of Northern Ireland's transmitters knocked out, leaving viewers with no BBC1, BBC2, UTV or Channel 4 for over 24 hours. Funnily enough the Irish transmitters were not badly affected, and those who could get RTE1, Network 2, TV3 and TG4 had some alternative (especially if they did not have Sky or cable).
The scale of the power outages shows just how poor the network can be up against stormy weather. This is the issue with overhead power cables, the only way rural Ireland can get electricity. Those in cities or large towns mostly have underground electric cables, and so not badly affected by stormy weather.
I learned that this was the equivalent to the boxing day storm 1998 and dosent matter if telecom phonelines weren't mentioned.
This was like over a year after the Christmas storms at the end of 1997 consisting of reports about 1000s of homes left without electricity.
This got close to 1999.
Lots of esb crews summoned to the west to get electricity going again and restoration was expensive.
The flooding hit cork while the west experienced strong winds and only two fatalities during this period.
Have a news report video on the severe thunderstorms that hit the east of ireland on the night of 26th going into the early hours of the 27th of july 1985.
This flooding could have lasted for days.
Pubs were destroyed by flooding.
What date was it from was it Sunday 26th December 1999?
No between Saturday 26th and Monday 28th December 1998.
Thanks for clearing it up after I got mixed up and your right it was late 1998 which was that particular period.