'Abject failure' sees 52 people ill after drinking unsafe water

The incidents have since been rectified and the water supply from the two plants is now safe to drink

Recent incidents which resulted in unsafe water entering the public drinking water supply and left members of the public hospitalised are “concerning and unacceptable”, Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has said.

Mr O’Brien was commenting on a letter sent to him by the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] which identified “abject failures” in management oversight, operational control and responsiveness at two public drinking water treatment plants in recent weeks.