CHEERS erupted across Spain and Portugal on Monday night as electricity finally flickered back to life following a colossal ...

And waiters were serving food and generous pours of beer and wine to patrons ... In Portugal, a spokesperson for the electricity and gas supplier REN said that power had been restored to all ...

THE lights are on and the bars are open as Spain and Portugal celebrate the return of electricity following a mass blackout.

The popular holiday destination famous for its heaving night life was forced to close all of its shops and most of its bars ...

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BOOZY Brits were getting the beers in yesterday as the bars of Benidorm reopened after Spain’s blackout chaos. Ex-pat Charlie Robb was one of the first to clock in at his local, The Little White ...

RTE 2FM presenter Carl Mullan and his family were among hordes of Irish tourists affected by the blackout. The broadcaster ...

with the sun sinking and power still out for most of Spain and Portugal, camaraderie became commonplace. “People took the opportunity to ‘get on it’… You could see people drinking beer ...

“Grid operators in both countries are working on finding the cause and on restoring the electricity supply.” Spain’s national power company ... was down to just beer and a few soft drinks.

British holiday-makers have been hit with mass power outages across Europe as bars in party town Benidorm have been left ...

Spain and Portugal were hit by a major blackout on Monday, April 28 with widespread disruption across both countries but one ...

RTÉ 2fm presenter Carl Mullan posted about being caught up in the European power cut while he was on holidays with his family ...