Call for reduced charges for hard water

Bad hair days in West Waterford are being blamed on a town’s water supplies.

A very observant Cllr Declan Doocey didn’t elaborate on what may be a hairdressers’ nightmare in Lismore.

But he told a municipal district council meeting the minerals in the town’s hard water “compromised shampoo quality — the consequences of which could be seen at Mass on Sundays”.