Reservoir plan ‘off the wall’ if pipes not fixed

Plans by Irish Water to revitalise a drought-stricken village’s water supply have been described as “completely off the wall”, and dismissed as “throwing water into a hole”.

County councillors reacted with shock and anger over the utility’s “nonsensical plans” to upgrade the extremely poor water supply in the North Cork village of Kildorrery.

County engineer David Keane said Irish Water had sanctioned the building of a new reservoir to service the village, but had not included a badly-needed upgrade of a now fragile supply mains pipe network.