Éowyn exposes city’s €12m underground timebomb
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
A huge proportion of the underground cabling for Galway city’s streetlighting is unsafe and must be replaced after the unprecedented damage of Storm Éowyn exposed it.
Galway City Council officials this week revealed to councillors that repairing the city’s storm-damaged network of uninsured electricity cables is impossible, as ESB will not allow access, never mind certify repairs, on pre-1995 cabling which does not meet current safety standards.
Instead, kilometres of electric cables linking 1,100 lights on older circuits must be dug-up and physically replaced, with an estimated bill of €10m – plus VAT - looming for the already cash-strapped local authority.
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