Louth households left without water 'for days' - Ó Murchú
Local Sinn Féín TD Ruairí Ó Murchú raised the issue with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
The issue of families in North Louth being without water for days at a time has been raised with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the Dáil by Dundalk TD Ruairí Ó Murchú.
The Sinn Féin deputy highlighted problems at Hackballscross and Sheelagh and said that there have been telemetric monitoring failures at the Dunbin reservoir and an issue with pumps being unable to contact these monitoring systems.
He said: “For a number of weeks, families have not had water for days. Farms have gone without water and schools have been closed early. It is not good enough.
“We need to solve this issue. Locally, Irish Water has told me that it has some of the issues resolved but I need a meeting with Uisce Éireann at a corporate level.
“I request that the Taoiseach’s office help facilitate this because I am having an issue with it.
It is absolutely necessary. We should also look at an alternative water supply in the short term”.
In response, the Taosieach said: “My experience in life is that the engineer or person on the ground might know an awful lot more than the corporates in terms of specific pipes and soon.
“I will pursue it and I will raise the fact that the Deputy has raised it with me”.