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# boil water notice

Last year
2023
'Precautionary' boil notice for over 80,000 in southeast as water workers take strike action
13 Jul 2023
13.3k
11
All time
Precautionary Boil Water Notice lifted in North Wicklow and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
10 Dec 2021
15.6k
10
Boil water notice in place for over 7,000 people in Wexford
28 Oct 2021
18.7k
6
Around 21,000 people affected by boil water notice for Wexford
21 Oct 2021
16.0k
5
Over 1,400 people waiting for drinkable tap water for more than three months
10 Jun 2021
12.7k
20
Boil water notice in place for over 20,000 people in Wexford
10 Dec 2020
20.4k
8
Boil water notice in place for 9,500 people in Cork
27 Nov 2019
15.3k
9
Irish Water website crashed after boil water notice when just 5,000 people tried to log on
23 Nov 2019
17.4k
33
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Meath lifted with immediate effect
12 Nov 2019
56.2k
64
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in greater Dublin area to remain in place until at least Tuesday
8 Nov 2019
17.5k
35
Irish Water boss says he can't rule out further repeats of large-scale boil water notices
8 Nov 2019
15.7k
79
Boil water notice remains in place but Irish Water says maps of affected areas 'will be refined'
Updated 7 Nov 2019
48.7k
52
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in greater Dublin area to remain in place
6 Nov 2019
24.1k
25
'Small black particles' at Irish Water plant led to boil water notice for 600,000 people last week
31 Oct 2019
38.3k
44
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Meath lifted with immediate effect
25 Oct 2019
48.3k
37
Dublin area boil water notice remains in place but Irish Water hopes for 'some positive news'
25 Oct 2019
16.2k
87
Boil water notice: Series of events at Leixlip plant in March led to 'significant risk to safety of supply'
24 Oct 2019
35.4k
46
Dublin boil water notice to remain in place for at least another day
23 Oct 2019
33.1k
21
Why is a boil water notice in place and what could happen if you drink it?
23 Oct 2019
59.4k
48
Irish Water apologises to 600,000 customers affected by boil water notice
23 Oct 2019
38.4k
74
Boil water notice issued for 600,000 people in parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath
Updated 22 Oct 2019
386k
118
Boil water notice that affected 65,000 people lifted for several areas
1 Feb 2018
10.1k
14
Boil water notice remains in place for 65,000 people
31 Jan 2018
13.7k
10
Boil water notice issued for Wicklow and south Dublin due to treatment plant mechanical failure
29 Jan 2018
27.8k
23
Community thanked for patience as 'temporary' boil water notice is lifted after seven years
7 Nov 2016
9.2k
28
Boil water notice lifted in Roscommon after 2.5 years
14 Oct 2016
7.5k
23
Boil water notice lifted for almost 50,000 people in Mayo
14 Sep 2016
5.9k
27
Fear of contaminated water puts 10,000 Cork residents on boil notice
27 Feb 2016
13.3k
19
Bad weather puts 10,000 Irish Water customers on boil water notice
14 Feb 2016
17.0k
58
Water contamination risk removed for 220,000 people in Dublin
15 Oct 2015
18.9k
75
'Heads need to be knocked together' to lift two year boil water notice in Galway
5 Jan 2015
9.0k
16
Now it's safe for everyone in Limerick to drink their tap water
19 Feb 2014
7.1k
18
New gardai, dirty water and Roses: The week in numbers
14 Dec 2013
12.7k
7
€400,000 in funding approved to tackle infectious organism in Roscommon water
22 May 2013
3.8k
12
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16 May 2013
8.5k
7