Tuesday 21 May, 2013
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Despite restrictions to water supplying already being imposed in recent days, Dublin City Council say storage levels are still too low.
The city council said a water tanker is in place at Donnycarney church.
Restrictions will be in place from 10pm to 7am or 9am every night from tonight until next Tuesday and will mean water pressure will be reduced at these times.
Homes and businesses in a north Dublin area have been advised not to drink their water pending further tests.
Taoiseach says that Government can’t send a message to people that they need not pay water charges. However, decision not yet made on how to tackle amount of water “lost” between production and tap – and who will pay for it.
Testing is still being carried out on the water which was contaminated with oil last week.
Some 1,500 households in Askeaton, Foynes, Shanagolden, Creeves and surrounding areas have had their water supply shut off overnight.
Reports today had suggested that there were 5,500km of lead water mains in Ireland – but the figure is actually 5,500m, the EPA said.
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A burst of a large water main in Dublin is currently being repaired by engineers but homes will be without water until tomorrow evening.
BOIL NOTICES IN place on water in two Co Limerick areas have been lifted. Limerick County Council have just confirmed that the boil water notices on the Kilmallock and Newcastlewest public water supplies have been removed.
However, a third boil water notice affecting residents and businesses in the Abbeyfeale area remains in place. Further water quality tests on that supply are going ahead.
Restrictions in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Limerick will continue for some days. Meanwhile, the CEO of Northern Ireland Water may step down later today following intense criticism of his handling of the crisis.
Water supplies continue to be disrupted across the country; Newly released documents from thirty years ago cast new light on the relationship between Ireland and Britain; and the former president of Israel is found guilty of rape.
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GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL has confirmed that residents in parts of Barna and Moycullen are continuing to experience a disruption to their water supply. The council says that higher areas will continue to experience interruptions to supply until at least Wednesday, but that it is currently liaising with the City Council to resolve the problem.
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL says that full water services have been restored to the Tallaght area after an outage earlier this morning. The disruptions came after a water main had burst near the Homelawn Road, but the Council says the damage has been fully repaired.
WATER has been restored to Ballincollig, Carrigrohane, Bishopstown and parts of Ballinora. Water tankers are at O’Shea’s pub in Waterfall and Dunnes Stores Bishopstown Court, for those still without water. The disruption is due to a break in the Inniscarra water main.
A BREAK in the Inniscarra water main has severely disrupted the water supply to Cork.
The areas affected by the break include Ballincollig, Carrigrohane, Ballinora, Waterfall, Curraheen, Bandon road and Bishopstown, RTÉ reports.
Cork County Council has described the damage caused by the break as “major” and said that it would take a least 24 hours to repair.
Plans to reroute the water supply are under way, but may cause a drop in pressure and discolouration.
THE GREATER Dublin area is at risk of running out of water, Dublin City Council have warned.
People are using about 148 litres of drinking water every day.
The Poulaphouca reservoir in Wicklow, the area’s largest water supply, is running low at 154 days’ supply compared to the usual 200 days.
The areas affected are Fingal, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin city centre. Dublin City Council manager John Tierney said that the area needs a new supply.
Last month, various areas of Ireland suffered from water shortages including towns in the west of the country and the Aran Islands of Inis Mór and Inis Óirr.
Officials have said that Dublin needs about 540 million litres of drinking water every day but that the city’s four treatment plants were designed to supply only 518 million litres a day.
A NEW STUDY has claimed that the number of deaths caused by smoking in the home could be comparable to the number of road deaths recorded in Ireland.
According to the NUI Galway-led research, the concentration of particulate pollution in the homes of smokers (who smoke indoors) is six-times higher than the World Health Organisation’s recommendation for general outdoor air quality, 10 times the allowable level for healthy breathing in homes and up to 17 times greater than levels actually found outdoors.
Smoking at home causes greater levels of air pollutants than using solid fuels such as coal, wood, peat and gas, says Dr Marie Coggins.
Since the introduction of the smoking ban in Ireland, many people have found it easier to stop people smoking in their own homes. So, in today’s poll we ask: Do you allow smoking in your home?
Poll Results:
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