A boil water notice affecting almost 750 Irish Water customers on the Ballyhaise Public Water Scheme in Co Cavan has been lifted.

The notice was put in place on 14 October 2016 after the detection of coliform bacteria in the Annagh Group Water Supply which supplies the Ballyhaise Public Water Supply and was in place to protect the consumers on both supplies.

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Customers can now resume normal use of the water supply for drinking, food preparation and brushing teeth. Consumers whose water systems have not been in use since 14 October should ensure that they flush out their systems by running their hot and cold taps for a period of at least 30 minutes before resuming normal use of the water supply.

A programme of flushing and monitoring was implemented across the network to ensure that a safe and reliable source of water was restored.

(CD/LM)