04/08/2016

Call For Parents Not To Bring Children To Temple Street Following Power Cut

Parents are being urged not to bring their children to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin following a problem with the power supply.

At around 3am this morning, 04 August, the hospital suffered an eight second interruption to its power supply and switched over to run on its own generator.

Following an investigation, it was discovered the transformer in the hospital sub-station needs to be replaced.

The replacement is to take place on Saturday, 06 August.

However, an additional generator is expected to be at the hospital this evening.

Five patients had to be transferred to Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin.

(CD/LM)

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