Health scare forces households to boil all water

PEOPLE in four west Limerick parishes are having to boil all drinking water over Christmas due to an ongoing health scare.

Health scare forces households to boil all water
Thu, 22 Dec, 2005 - 00:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

More than 250 households in Adare, Ballingarry, Croagh and Kilfinny have been boiling tap water since last October due to an outbreak of Ecoli 0157, which can be highly dangerous when contracted by young children.

The houses are connected to the Kilfinny Group Water Scheme.

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