02/09/2015

Eircom Confirms 'Major Issue' Affecting Phone Lines

Eircom has confirmed it is working on a major issue which has left customers unable to use their phone lines.

Consumers with ISDN lines have also been affected.

Standard fixed line numbers are unaffected.

Anyone wanting to report a fault is being asked to go online at support.eircom.net/logafault.

(CD/JP)

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