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Christopher Leo the family are in all our thoughts.”
Local Sinn Fein councillor John Costello, who is also a family friend, added: “I’m in shock, because I only spoke to him recently on the [river] bank and I knew him quite well.
“He was a very quiet, unassuming and likeable chap.
“My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and his broader circles of friends.
“Christopher was a nice guy. He was known by everyone as ‘Kippy’. It’s a horrible situation.” Pals at Leinster Senior Hurling Final in Croker IRELAND had a Sunday roast yesterday with a status yellow high temperature warning in place for two provinces.
The mercury topped out at just under 27C in parts of Leinster and Munster, as the water shortage bites.
A drought warning has also been issued by Met Eireann for this week, which is due to expire at midnight Friday.
A month-long hosepipe ban for the Greater Dublin Area kicked in today and is likely to be extended to other parts of the country in coming days. Widespread restrictions are in place as water levels drop to a 40-year low.
The utility company said: “Irish Water is calling on the public to continue to take sustained action to conserve water as weather conditions remain warm and the drought is increasingly reducing capacity in rivers and boreholes, while our production plants struggle to meet increasing demand.
“As the warm weather continues, the demand on water supplies is outstripping the supply across the country. The weather has been dry since late February this year with Met Eireann reporting the level of rain that has fallen is on par with 1976 when a major drought was in place.”
Across the country Irish Water has 39 supplies under night-time restrictions and more than 100 at risk due to high consumption.
The company is using tankers from larger schemes to top-up reservoirs where levels are falling.
Irish Water’s corporate affairs manager Kate Gannon said: “When the current hot weather ends we will