North Cork village demands action on long-running chronic water shortages

Families are having to travel several miles to relatives' houses to get showers and drinking water

One councillor read from a letter from Phil Hogan (then Minister for the Environment) signed on March 13. 2014 in which he said priority emergency funding was approved the previous year to address these issues. However, nothing has happened since. File photo

Drought-stricken villagers have been hit yet again with serious water outages - with one councillor pointing out that there were promises made as far back as 2014 to address their woes by then-Environment Minister Phil Hogan.

Issues with constant water mains breakages in the North Cork village of Kildorrery have been well documented in recent years. While some pipes have been repaired, others are constantly breaking, causing serious problems for householders, businesses and farmers.