Disruptions to supply in Louth today Friday 8 May due to emergency watermain flushing

Customers may experience low water pressure, discoloured water and short water outages

Irish Water is working in partnership with Louth County Council will be carrying out emergency watermain flushing today, Friday 8 May. While works are ongoing customers in Carrickmullan, Castlering, Mullaboy, Crossabeagh, Cortial, Annagh, Knockcor, Dunbin, Tates and Carran, Little Mills, Thomastown and Ballybarrack will experience disruptions to their water supply.

Customers in these locations may experience low water pressure, discoloured water and short water outages until 5:00pm today. It is important to continue to follow the HSE guidance on hand-washing. It may take 2-3 hours for normal water supply to return to all customers.

Irish Water and Louth County Council understands the inconvenience caused when emergency works occur and thanks customers for their patience while we complete these essential works and restore normal supply to impacted customers. Irish Water and Louth County Council regret any inconvenience caused.

Irish Water is working at this time, with our local authority partners, contractors and others to safeguard the health and well-being of staff and the public and to ensure the continuity of drinking water and wastewater services.

More information

The latest updates on this emergency watermain flushing will be available on the Supply and Service section. The Irish Water customer care helpline is open 24/7 and customers can call us on 1850 278 278. Customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries