Latest: Children suffer 'chemical burns' due to unsafe water supply in 1,000 Meath homes

Latest: Irish Water customers are being told not to drink, wash or use their water for food preparation.

Update 6.54pm: A number of children are reported to have suffered skin rashes and illness due to unsafe chlorine levels in water supplies in County Meath.

Around 1,000 households are affected in the Kilcloon area near Dunboyne.