Dedicated Uisce Éireann taskforce to tackle Cork City's water quality

The company has previously said that an investment of some €500m over several years would be needed to replace century-old pipes

Uisce Éireann said issues such as discolouration can occur when dealing with an aged network such as that in Cork City.

A dedicated taskforce has been established by Uisce Éireann in Cork to improve the city's water quality amid ongoing complaints about discolouration in its domestic water supply.

It comes just days after Green Party city councillor, Oliver Moran, asked the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) to investigate the problem which has persisted for over 18 months, and ahead of a protest on Saturday outside the utility's Cork City office by some of those whose domestic appliances have been damaged or destroyed by the excess manganese in their water.