For years Clonmel has had 'water stoppages', but worse is coming down the pipeline

Uisce Éireann insists issues experienced in Clonmel are a result of decades of under-investment in water infrastructure in the area—something that is hotly disputed by the utility’s many detractors in the town, writes Neil Michael

Paul Higgins, who has been a businessman in Clonmel for decades and whose family run Mulcahy’s hotel and pub restaurant in the centre of the town, says he is sick of the water “stoppages” there. Picture: Neil Michael

For years, businesses and residents in Clonmel have had to deal with a seemingly neverending string of problems with their water supply.

It's important to know, though, the town is not short of water: it has three separate water supplies. We are, instead, talking about water “stoppages”, and there have been quite a few of them this year.