Uisce Éireann to flush out Cork City's dirty water problem

The intensive programme will start on Wednesday night with workers isolating and flushing small sections of the water network to clear any build-up of sediment from the old cast iron pipes.

Uisce Éireann will blast old sediment from the water network across Cork's northside as part of a major month-long flushing operation designed to address the city’s dirty water problem.

The intensive programme will start on Wednesday night with workers isolating and flushing small sections of the water network to clear any build-up of sediment from the old cast iron pipes.