Irish Water to carry out major repairs in Cork

Irish Water plans to cut off water to large areas of Cork city overnight on Tuesday to repair a critical mains pipe at risk of bursting.

The company has identified a section of old water main, close to the site of a burst on Wednesday last which left 40,000 people without water, as being in poor condition. However, it said because of the location and nature of the repairs needed at Rose Hill, just north of the city’s Lee Road waterworks plant, it will have to cut water to parts of the city supplied from the Cork Lower Reservoir from 11pm on Tuesday until around 7am on Wednesday.

The disruption will affect about 35,000 people in roughly the same areas affected by Wednesday’s burst, including the city centre, Douglas Rd, South Douglas Rd, Boreenmanna Rd, Blackrock Rd, Ballinlough Rd, Barrack St, Bandon Rd, Sunday’s Well, Leitrim St, Gerald Griffin St, and Great William O’Brien, and surrounding areas.