Residents ‘pay €100 a month for water’

A CO Limerick community has paid out over €200,000 for bottled water since the local supply was declared unsafe last October.

The 250 households connected to the Kilfinny group scheme are faced with having to pay up to €100 a month each on bottled water until a major overhaul of the scheme is completed later this year.

The Health Service Executive Mid-West placed boil notices on the Kilfinny supply last October, after an outbreak of ecoli. Up to 20 local people contracted the infection. Two babies had to be treated at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin.