GAA club turns into family refuge and office as thousands remain without power A GAA club threw opens its doors to local people to offer hot drinks, showers, warm food and somewhere to charge a mobile phone after thousands were left without electricity and water.
Alan MacNeice, chair of the Kiltoom club, near Lough Ree, is one of thousands of people in Co Roscommon who have been without power for almost a week.
“We’ve opened it up so people can charge phones, charge devices, we have a full working kitchen, so we could give people a hot water for flasks,” he told the PA news agency.
St Brigid’s Club in Kiltoom, Co Roscommon, has become a place of refuge, offering families a place to cook a hot meal, while remote workers huddled over laptops on bar tables.
After power returned to the club house on Friday night, Alan and the club executive decided to open up their doors.
