Galway residents to mount protest over water crisis

Residents in Galway are to mount a protest at City Hall later today to highlight their anger over the handling of the city's lead contamination crisis.

The contamination was discovered in the water supply for around 250 houses in the Old Mervue area seven weeks ago.

The City Council says it could take up to five years to replace the pipes.

Residents are demanding that the council provide them with water filters in the intervening period.