Residents left high and dry over lack of information from local authorities

PROBLEMS making contact with the local council are the biggest concern for residents who have had restricted water supply for most of the week in Cork city.

Paddy Fogarty has been making six trips a day to collect water from a council standpipe near Collins Barracks on the city’s northside for his own home and neighbours in The Glen.

“We’re without water since St Stephen’s Day but the most difficult thing is nobody knows when its going off or coming back. On Monday, we were all waiting for news instead of going away to buy water, nobody came up with the information and people are very frustrated,” he said.