Not a ghost of a chance of Irish Water bills being paid

Irish Water has sent bills to 90,000 ghost houses, as it struggles to get to grips with the identity of its customers.

Those homes would have been expected to bring in revenue of almost €6m for the first billing period and €24m for a full year, but will have to be written off.

Michael McNicholas, CEO of the utility’s parent firm, Ervia, said that work on developing an accurate register of Irish Water customers was continuing.