Uisce Éireann is actively working to remove the Boil Water Notice currently affecting residents of Inishturk.

The notice, which was issued last week to safeguard the health of around 40 customers, was prompted by mechanical and treatment process issues at the island's water treatment plant.

Uisce Éireann's primary focus is and always will be the protection of public health. Monitoring of the supply is continuing and the notice will be reviewed again in the coming days. In the meantime, all customers on the Inishturk supply are advised to boil and cool their water before use until further notice.

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Uisce Eireann's Ronan McDonnell thanked the local community for their co-operation and assured them that a team is working to lift the notice as quicky and safely as possible.

"I want to acknowledge the inconvenience that the Boil Water Notice is causing the local community, but public health is Uisce Éireann's number one priority and this notice is in place to protect the health of locals and visitors to Inishturk.

"Drinking water experts from Uisce Éireann are working, in consultation with the HSE, to implement solutions to lift the notice as quickly and as safely as possible."