Locals angry at Irish Water’s silence over days-long supply stoppage

People living in a village in East Cork are furious with the lack of information from Irish Water about why they were left without a supply for several days. 

Water tankers moved into Ballycotton yesterday to provide drinking waters to residents, while the county council, which is now acting as agents for Irish Water, deployed three further tankers to bring water from Little Island to fill up their local reservoir.

Council sources estimated it would take up to 15 tanker-loads to fill the Ballycotton reservoir, which is normally fed from another reservoir at Kilva, halfway between Saleen and Cloyne.