A boil water notice affecting some 10,000 people across vast swathes of east Cork since February could be lifted within days.

An East Cork councillor has called on Irish Water to either lift the boil water notice it has imposed on the area for the next eight months or explain the specific risks associated with the supply in the region.

TIME was when a dower house meant a place built for a single woman to provide a roof over her head, away from a stately pile set to follow a male inheritance line.