By james art 
At 4.30pm on Saturday, about 140,000 homes and businesses were left without energy in Northern Ireland after the storm, which observed strong winds in the region from the early hours of Friday against the background of a high-level red-level warning.
Stormont Conor Murphy Economy Minister said additional engineers were secured by the UK through established mutual assistance agreements.
He said 52 England engineers are scheduled to arrive on Saturday, with 30 being used by NIE and 22 to assist ESB networks in the Irish Republic.
He said additional additional resources would follow.
Homes and buildings were damaged and dozens of roads were blocked by fallen trees during strong winds, while a yellow wind warning was issued for Sunday.
Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan said more than 100 schools had reported property damage, and the educational authority was working for a priority of repair on the basis of weight. He said they also considered that more than 100 schools were still free.
Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowed said there were more than 2,300 reported on the road network during the storm, and 70 trees had to be cleared on Friday to reopen the M2.
He urged motorists to showcased, saying that the work was constant to clear all the dangers.
Nie Networks said they were hoping to restore power in the vast majority of homes and businesses in the coming days, but warned it could take up to 10 days before all customers recover, as well as both weather conditions and the possibility of the possibility of Access to places will continue to continue to be challenging this weekend.
First Minister Michelle O’Neal and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pingeli met with Nie Networks employees at Craigavon, Co Armagh on Saturday, and thanked the staff for their tireless work to recover electricity supplies.
D -ga o’neill identified the storm and its effects as “unprecedented at every level.”
“We are sure that everything that can be done is done to restore connections,” she said.
“In the last 24 hours, significant progress has been made, with over 100,000 homes already connected, but we also understand that it is very disappointing for those people who are not yet connected.
“People will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that people connect as quickly as possible. It is very difficult, given the pure volume of damage that is caused, but we are sure that all the work that can be done is done and we want to thank the staff for all their efforts. “
Mrs. Little-Pengelly said Eowyn is a “very significant storm” and will take time to deal with the damage caused.
“We had over 2000 road obstacles, 25% of the excluded connections, I think it is really good news that it has reduced to 18% by almost 100,000 repeated link Electricity and we will do whatever we can in the executive, work with colleagues, work with agencies to support NIE to try to make these repeated connections as quickly as possible, “she said.
“I really welcome the news today for additional support from the UK.
“We admit that this may not be enough and we will have a series of commitments, talking to the Prime Minister today at 16:00, talking to the government regarding the COBR meeting at 5:00 pm and will emphasize the need for this assistance and support for this help and support Northern Ireland because we want to see these problems addressed as quickly as possible. “
Derek Hines, managing director of NIE Networks, said they believe there were more than 4,000 seats where the net was damaged by the wind or the fallen trees.
“At the moment, we prioritize the errors of danger, followed by those that affect the largest number of homes and businesses,” he said.
“It is likely to take us about 10 days to get to the end places and to restore the power of these residents.
“We continue to work with government and other agencies to try to provide information to the most vulnerable in our society while working through long efforts to recover.
“At this stage, we were able to restore power to 145,000 families and will continue to work over the weekend to evaluate the scale of damage and to update the estimated times of recovering our website. We will continue until everyone regains power. “
On Saturday afternoon, assistant-assistant police officer Davy Beck said that with the immediate risk of Storm Eowyn’s life, the police officially transferred the coordination of the infrastructure department that would lead the transition to the recovery phase. “Our employees of our employees, which our employees. They have begun to return to the routine Operations Police, but we will continue to support partner agencies as they clear the debris, work to make the roads safe and restore power in homes, “he said.
“Nie Networks urged the public to remain well from any power lines or damaged electrical equipment that can be encountered. This should be reported immediately.
“The road altitude is also informed that there are icy conditions tonight and are forecast strong winds for tomorrow. There is a yellow wind warning in Northern Ireland on Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00.
“We urge the road users to take the necessary precautions to ensure that your journey is as much as possible.”