Irish Water's 'snail's pace progress' on sewerage plant delays hundreds of Midleton homes

Fianna Fáil councillor Ann Marie Ahern was so frustrated by the delay she proposed there was no point in rezoning more land for housing

Ann Marie Ahern also pointed out that if the treatment plant was upgraded developers could start building and this would provide badly needed jobs in the construction sector. File image

The construction of hundreds of new homes in Midleton, Co Cork, is being held up because Irish Water hasn't given a commitment on a start date for the significant upgrade to the sewerage plant there.

One developer has become so irritated by the delay he's planning to use septic tanks for his new homes and transport the waste for treatment at the Carrigtwohill plant.