Council damns Irish Water ‘fiasco’

Cork County Council is to write to the Department of the Environment telling it to "take back control of Irish Water" after the vast majority of councillors described the company as "a fiasco".

During one of the lengthiest debates in recent council history, councillors queued up to criticise the company, with not one word of defence for the utility from Fine Gael members.

The council is also to write to Irish Water chiefs airing its lack of confidence in the company, which should further inflame a meeting to be held between them and Irish Water bosses at Silver Springs Hotel in Cork tomorrow.