Irish Water denies letters data breach

Irish Water last night denied there had been any data protection breach as a result of a "scripting error" which saw it issue 6,329 letters to property owners with the right address but the wrong name printed on them.

The company confirmed the error and said the letters had been sent to people who owned more than one property. The issue arose where properties had recently been sold.

Irish Water said throughout September it had been sending out customer application packs and letters to more than two million householders to enable customers to confirm their details and to ensure that a correct and up-to-date database of customers existed.