Councillor in touch with Vodafone over Westport coverage problem

THE cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council has been in touch with Vodafone over coverage difficulties in the Westport area in recent days.

Councillor Brendan Mulroy said he has been contacted by numerous people over the coverage difficulties they are experiencing at the moment with Vodafone.

He explained: "A majority of customers have no coverage at all. I have been in contact with the Vodafone and explained that given the Covid-19 situation people cannot afford to be without coverage.

"They have replied to say it is a major outage and will take day to repair.

"I have highlighted the urgency of the situation and will make contact every day with Vodafone until the situation is rectified."