Worried church bottles holy water for Easter

CHURCH authorities in Tuam have hired students to fill more than 3,000 Easter holy water bottles with bottled spring water.

The move was prompted by worries about the contamination of Co Galway’s public water supply

“As well as blessing themselves, many elderly people drink Easter holy water as they believe there is a cure in it for various illnesses. But with the danger that the parasite cryptosporidium may be present in the public water supply we could not risk filling the bottles from the tap in the cathedral this year,” says Fr Charlie McDonnell.