A series of essential, unplanned works have taken place at Osberstown Wastewater Treatment Plant in Co Kildare.

Work got underway yesterday, 25 March, and will reach completion today, Friday 26 March.

Irish Water is delivering the works to allow for continued process management on site. During these works, there is a risk of intermittent odours from the plant, however, Irish Water will make every effort to minimise the risk of odours and to complete these works as quickly as possible.

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Ger Brady, Wastewater Engineer with Irish Water, said: "Irish Water will make every effort to minimise the risk of odours and to complete these works as quickly as possible. We would like to apologise in advance for any odours that may arise while the work is being carried out and would ask that any issues be reported immediately to Irish Water so that we can investigate."

If odour issues are noted, please contact the Irish Water Customer Care Centre helpline, open 24/7, on 1850 278 278 or email [email protected].