Cork residents get go-ahead for High Court challenge over drinking water concerns 

Friends of the Irish Environment and local Cork residents will claim the basis on which Uisce Éireann and the EPA declare water containing manganese safe to drink is mistaken

The residents are taking the action with Friends of the Irish Environment. Stock picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews

Residents of a Cork city suburb have been given permission by the High Court to mount a legal challenge over concerns arising from manganese levels in the city’s drinking water supply.

Elaine Eagar and Daniel O’Shea, both with addresses at Mount Farran, Assumption Road, are taking the action with Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE), claiming the basis on which Uisce Éireann and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declare water containing manganese safe to drink is mistaken.