Nash blasts response to water crisis

LABOUR Senator Ged Nash has said that the people of Drogheda are angry and frustrated over the ‘cack-handed response’ on the ground to the major water outage in the region.

“There has been nothing like the mobilisation of crews to provide water stations and information that people should be entitled to expect.

“There has been no direct doorto-door communication from Irish Water or visible attempts to, for example, engage directly with older citizens living on their own and to provide for their needs.

“What makes the poor contingency plans even more frustrating is that these kinds of crises, given the antiquated water pipe network, are almost inevitable in the absence of a comprehensive programme and the resources to replace outdated pipes on the network.’ He says areas like Clogherhead, Termonfeckin and Baltray appeared to have been completely ignored and were not served by water stations over the werekend.