Water supply has returned to 10,000 properties in Tralee, County Kerry, following the completion of essential repairs, Uisce Éireann has announced.

Crews from the utility company repaired a major burst to a rising main feeding Lisloose reservoir. Areas affected by the unplanned outage included Tralee town, Clogerbrine, Mounthawk, Caherslee, Spa, Churchill, Knockanish, Ballyroe, Blennerville, Curraheen and surrounding areas.

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Brian O'Leary, Regional Operations Manager, Uisce Éireann thanked affected customers for their cooperation while the complex repair works were carried out.

"Uisce Éireann acknowledges the disruption that can be caused by an unplanned outage such as this complex burst, and we worked as quickly as we could to return supply," he said.