Boil water notice and night-time water restrictions issued for two Cork towns

The restrictions will be in place from 11.30pm on Monday until 6.30am on Tuesday in order to maintain supply

On Monday, the utility announced that night-time restrictions are being introduced in the Clonakilty area of West Cork after the weekend storm affected the quality of the raw water supply.

A boil water notice has been introduced in one Cork town and night-time restrictions have been introduced in another after the weekend storms.

Uisce Éireann issued a boil water notice on Monday to the almost 4,200 customers who are supplied by the Macroom public water supply — just five days after a previous boil water notice was lifted.