Areas of Cork City may suffer from a disrupted water supply due to mains improvement works this evening, Tuesday 17 August.

Customers in the following areas may be affected between 7pm and 11pm tonight: Barrack Street, Tower Street, Friars Walk, Roselawn, Mount Sion Road, Annmount, Maymount, St. Nessans Street, St. Kevins Street, St. Brigids Street, St. Finbarrs Street, Stephen Street, Industry Street, Rees Square, Industry Place, Vicar Street, O'Connor Ville, Evergreen buildings, Bonaventure Place, Townsend Place, Mount Carmel Road and surrounding areas.

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During these essential works, homes and businesses in the above areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and water outages. Following the completion of improvement works; water supply may take 2-3 hours to return as water refills the network. Work crews will endeavour to complete works ahead of time in order to expedite the return of supply to the affected areas.

Irish Water understands this type of work can be inconvenient and will ensure work crews make every effort to minimise any disruption these works may cause.

These works are being carried out as part of Irish Water's national Leakage Reduction Programme which will, over the next four years, see €500 million invested to reduce the level of leakage across the country by fixing and replacing ageing water mains.