West Cork towns 'dying a death' from lack of housing due to water and sewerage issues

Cork County Council seeks report from Uisce Éireann on all water and sewerage capacity issues and called for developers to be allowed carry out water projects themselves to get more houses built

Councillors said if Uisce Éireann officials oversee water and wastewater projects to ensure they are of an acceptable standard, there should be no problem with developers building badly-needed homes and the utility taking in charge of water and sewerage systems once completed.

Cork County Council is seeking a comprehensive report from Uisce Éireann on all water and sewerage capacity issues in its region, while calling for developers to be permitted to carry out water and wastewater projects themselves.

The council is to write to the utility and minister for housing James Browne on the two issues following a motion from Independent councillor Finbarr Harrington, who said towns and villages in the region were stagnating, even though many developers are willing to carry out water and wastewater infrastructure services as part their housing projects.