Water under the bridge as Uisce Éireann domain already floated

A County Cork website designer splashed out mere loose change to underline shortcomings in Irish Water’s expensive consultancy policy.

Despite spending €50m on consultants and €20,000 on a logo bearing the Gaelic translation — Uisce Éireann — of its name, Irish Water failed to safeguard options on an internet domain.

Eight months ago Kieran McCarthy, from Youghal, found that uisceeireann.com remained unregistered. He promptly bought the domain for €12.95.