Residents in parts of West Donegal have been without water in recent days – and some homes have not had water since Saturday.
The community of Mín Doire Dhamh in Gaoth Dobhair has been struggling without water for the past three days.
Doire Chonaire, Machaire Rabhartaigh and Glaise Chú have also been affected by outages.
One Montessori in Machaire Rabhartaigh did not get their supplies restored until this morning.
Irish Water crews have been working on the burst water main in Mín Doire Dhamh today and expect to have supplies restored by 2pm.
Local Councillor Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easpuig said he has called for an emergency meeting with Irish Water on the issue.
“Irish Water refuse to meet on request,” Cllr Mac Giolla Easpuig said. “These issues are a clear indication of the failure of the previous governments to invest into water infrastructure. Especially at the time of the so-called Celtic Tiger, when there was a surplus of money, they were ignorant to the needs of the infrastructure, or they actually didn’t care.
“What needs to happen now is huge investment needs to be made into water infrastructure.
“In the best interests of the community, the State needs to return the water service so the Council can deliver,” he said.
