'It’s horrendous’: Cork villagers count the cost of creaky water system

Residents of Killavullen in north Cork have had to endure a boil water notice since May — one of 10 areas under boil water notices

The Haven Bar in Killavullen which has to buy in bulk bags of ice for its customers because of the 'boil water notice' in the village. Picture: Howard Crowdy

For mother-of-four Ann Marie Ryan, life in the north Cork village of Killavullen has become “unbearable”. 

Her youngest child Mia was born in March, not long before a boil water notice for the area was issued on May 2, and she has had to boil water to feed her child ever since.