Businesses getting free water due to oversight

Some businesses in Co Cork are getting free water because their connections to the mains have not been properly documented by the local authority.

Council officials have been urged to address this situation to ensure a level playing field when national water charges are introduced.

Katherine Walshe, director of water services, revealed that an inventory of supplies is being carried out by the council ahead of the nationwide handover of all water services to Irish Water, which will take place on Jan 1, 2014.