Cork City Council to hold public meeting to air grievances with Uisce Éireann 

Lord Mayor Dan Boyle sought council approval last night for the holding of a special council meeting within the next two weeks, to air a range of issues councillors have with Uisce Éireann and its service delivery across the city

Uisce Éireann has established a taskforce to address this issues in Cork City, but despite targeted flushing of pipes in affected areas, the problems persist. File picture 

Members of Cork City Council have agreed to hold a special public meeting to tackle Uisce Éireann on a long list of issues they have with its service delivery across the city.

The move was agreed at Monday’s council meeting, which was presented with a report on the equipment failure at an Uisce Éireann wastewater pumping station last month — a critical element in the city's sewage pumping network — which led to raw sewage spilling onto roads in the south docklands, and to overflows of sewage into the River Lee.