Uisce Éireann has completed major repairs on the Ballymore Eustace to Saggart trunk watermain within the planned 27-hour window, delivering the largest repair programme to date on the pipeline while keeping supplies intact for the majority of customers across Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow.

Since Friday night, more than 300 people worked around the clock on one of Ireland’s most strategically important water mains. With the works now finished, treated water is flowing through the pipeline again and the wider network is returning to normal operation.

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The project forms part of Uisce Éireann's ongoing drive to cut leakage and protect vital water resources. Earlier repair phases in 2024 and 2025 are saving approximately 1.5 million litres per day. The latest interventions will help safeguard treated supplies and strengthen this critical route serving communities, businesses and essential services.

Nicola Butler, Programme Manager with Uisce Éireann, said: "Our priority throughout the weekend was to carry out these essential repairs safely while keeping disruption to customers to a minimum. This was a significant undertaking involving months of planning and coordination, with hundreds of people working around the clock to complete the repairs. We would like to thank everyone for their support throughout this operation and for their continued efforts to conserve water, particularly local communities and landowners whose cooperation helped make these works possible."