Water supply restored to Achill customers

A water burst in Keel, Achill, has been repaired, with water returning to customers from yesterday evening.

A burst in the village, which proved difficult to repair, affected customers in Shraheens, Derreens, Cloghmore, Dooega and Currane.

However, repairs were completed yesterday afternoon, with the system then recharging.

Uisce Éireann’s Ronan McDonnell has thanked those affected for their patience while crews carried out the works.

He said: “We understand the inconvenience of an unplanned outage and we thank customers for their support.

“This repair proved especially difficult and because reservoir levels had depleted it may take some time for the entire network to recharge, especially for customers on higher ground and at the end of the network.”