so what is actually happening to my home electrics at the moment in this power outage?

so at infrastructure level what causes them brownouts like that and how do the ESB networks fit them ? - is it an overhead cable fault. shorting out or something somewhere?

thanks , just turned all the socket breakers off like you said and left ceiling light on . there is a thin flourescent light under the cupboards over the kitchen counter - if i turn that on it just flashes erratically

the tungsten 60w shaverlight in the bathroom is looking like an old style sodium sox style light when turned on!

thank you for that - so the day after storm eowin which would be friday we were without power (thats in the house and in the LED public streetlights on the paths) - I came home from take-away that had electric and as I pulled up to the next door neighbour we was having a chat on the drive then all of a sudden our whole house lit up and so did the street lights - I went in and we was all in full power and that lasted a good 10minutes on like that and I praised god and in my mind the ESB crew (in my head because there was no ESB crew around) - so after 10minutes of being on full power and me thinking they had fixed the fault (and I thought that was so quick after the storm) the power went off and its still off even now. Its been dim lights/ no lights / only microwave oven clock working / smoke alarm led power light on / christmas fairy lights on fireplace on steady some times and other times flashing erratically.

So wahat would the ESB crew would have done at that time to the poles/overhead wires / transformers when we was connected full power for 10minutes and why can they cannot do that again to get us connected again and keep pushing the estimated restore time and date back on esb powercheck site?
Any ideas?

yep, nearby on the estate people have got full power back for days now and then you have the neibours with dim power exactly same as me with just the clock working on the microwave or tungsten bulb glowing dimly - there is someone on the estate where lets say they are number 5 house fully restored for days - but they are number 6 their house has no power still/dim power. ESB power check site says 91 premises affected. primary school closed no power and no heating since storm , same with church .

I have phoned up before to report it and esb lady said "no I am getting here its fully restored in the area" I said no its not , I am getting reduced power / dim lughts and so is a few neighbours so she logged the fault again . then someone else phoned up ESB emergency helpline and was told the same thing that its been logged as fixed so had to then yet again log the fault.

If its any connection the houses on the estate havefull power in their house but their LED streetlights on the pavements outside that are normally lit at night are not lit now at night