Repair work to three burst water pipes which caused water outages for thousands of Irish Water customers in the Ballina area of Co Mayo has been completed.

However, while repair crews were monitoring water flow in the town on Wednesday morning they discovered excessive increased demand in the Bohernasup area. This is a district metering area and using technology available to detect leaks in the system, a leak was detected which will require a minor repair. Disruption has been isolated to approximately 10 houses and the repair should take no more than a few hours to complete.

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The repairs to the original three bursts were complex due to their proximity to existing utilities as well as the associated traffic management plans that were required during a busy bank holiday in Ballina.

All three bursts have been repaired with water restored to the remaining 70 to 80 houses, that were without water over night.

(CD/MH)