'We are in a crisis': West Cork villagers fear ongoing water outages will spoil Christmas

There have been 14 outages in Adrigole since July and locals have started a campaign to get Uisce Éireann to take action to resolve the issue

'Our biggest fear is the uncertainty that the water can go at any time. We are concerned that there will be no water when people come home to their families over Christmas.'

People living in a West Cork village are worried Christmas festivities will be marred by ongoing water outages and have mounted a campaign in a bid to get Uisce Éireann to take action.

There have been 14 outages in Adrigole since July, and anger among local residents was reflected at a recent meeting convened by the Adrigole Water Action Group (AWAG). The meeting was attended by more than 100 local people, along with a number of public representatives.