Cork City water cleared after cryptosporidium outbreak

Cork City Council has said tests have shown that the local water supply was not the source of an outbreak of cryptosporidium in the city suburb of Bishopstown.

A number of children were affected by the bug which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea. Cryptosporidium usually enters water systems via human and animal waste but can also be passed from animal to person and from person to person.