East Cork boil water notices 'a disgrace': 'We’re supposed to be a first-world country'

Uisce Éireann is under fire as residents have had to spend thousands of euro over the last seven years on bottled water, writes Sean O’Riordan

Eoin Fitzpatrick estimates there have been at least eight boil water notices since 2016 in East Cork, including Ballycotton where he lives. Picture: Denis Minihane

People served by a stricken water supply system in East Cork have spent hundreds of thousands of euro on bottled water due to almost constant boil water notices — and it looks likely they’ll have to continue digging deeper into pockets until at least 2026.

Meanwhile, calls that they should be compensated appear to have fallen on deaf ears.