Irish Water to pipe supplies to West Cork holiday destinations

 Bandon, Co Cork.  Water is to be piped from the river in Bandon to Clonakilty and in turn the water supply to Bandon is to be supplemented from the Chetwynd reservoir near Bishopstown,

Climate change has left some coastal parts of West Cork with less rainfall than they had only a couple of years ago, meaning Irish Water has had to change its approach to handling supplies in the future.

Taking water from a lake near Drinagh to augment Clonakilty’s supply has been ruled out because, due to climate change, it has less water in it during the summertime than it previously held.