Frustration In Miltown Malbay Over Pre-Christmas Water Outages

Businesses in Miltown Malbay have expressed serious frustration over water disruption in the town and surrounding areas in the run up to Christmas. It comes as Uisce Éireann is working to repair a burst water main, which the utility says may cause intermittent supply issues until 6 o'clock this evening, as well as in the Coore, Mullagh, Quility and surrounding areas. In June on 2021, the utility completed upgrade works on 5km of water mains, however the section between Mullagh Cross and the Coore treatment plant will remained intact. This has prompted concern locally that longstanding issues with water outages will continue. Today's outage is the second in less than a week and local Fianna Fáil Councillor Shane Talty has been telling Clare FM's Daragh Dolan that the ongoing outages is damaging for businesses.