Villagers urge action over water shortage

The water supply to a Cork village is so inadequate that people have to travel miles to relatives’ homes to avail of showers.

A hairdresser in Kildorrery has to keep churns full of water to rinse off shampoo, while pubs have to similarly improvise when flushing toilets.

Noreen Magner has operated a hairdressers in the village’s main street since the late 1980s. She also lives over the premises.