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THE BOIL WATER notice for 600,000 people in the greater Dublin area is to remain in place to “protect the health of customers”, Irish Water has confirmed.
The notice, which was issued on Monday, impacts people supplied by the Leixlip Water Treatment Plant.
The affected areas include parts of Fingal; parts of the Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council regions; parts of Kildare, and Dunboyne in Meath.
Irish Water, Fingal County Council senior management and Minister Eoghan Murphy met this morning at the treatment plant to discuss the “mitigation measures that could be put in place to minimise the risk of the old plant not being able to treat very cloudy water”.
An Irish Water spokesperson this evening said meetings are ongoing with the EPA and the HSE in a bid to lift the notice “as quickly and as safely as possible”, adding: “Irish Water’s primary focus is and always will be the protection of public health.”
They apologised for the inconvenience caused.
Heavy rain
Due to heavy rain, the source water going into the plant was cloudy due to suspended particles. The old Leixlip plant was not able to cope with the cloudiness levels.
“Plant operators reacted quickly before alarms were activated and shut down the old plant to stop this water entering the network,” the spokesperson said.
There were no issues at the new plant. The old plant in Leixlip produces 20% of the overall daily water demand for the greater Dublin area.
A Status Yellow rainfall warning for Dublin, Meath, Wicklow, Kildare and Louth kicked in at 6pm today and will remain in place until 9pm tomorrow.
The Irish Water spokesperson said it is “not possible to say conclusively at this time what impact any particular weather warning may have on the water produced but we will be monitoring the situation closely”.
More information about the boil water notice can be read here.
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Helen mc enree & a very sensible positive idea in the same sentence? Is it April 1sr already?
@Mary Linton: You would think if a pilot kept on crashing planes, they’d be sacked, but the same ineptitude is fine in politics, apparently!
@Mary Linton: I know right? I thought DOGE were cutting all this.
@Louis Jacob: Apologies, lost me there….. isn’t DOGE an American financial accountability department?
@Mary Linton: you’re a bore
Seems reasonable.
@Luas Vuitton – Penneys Drag Queen: you obviously don’t havw school going children . These children need massive supports some are non verbal some very verbal so putting in a student. Teacher is like letting a trainee electrician loose to rewire a hole house . No experience .
@Karen Marten: if alternative is no teacher, then put the kids first. Cop on.
@Luas Vuitton – Penneys Drag Queen: you have no cop on how would you .
@Karen Marten: are u a parent. I doubt it you know nothing.
@Karen Marten: I don’t think theyre asking the trainee teachers to run the school either. The point is to train teachers withing the special school setting. Can’t see any issue with this.
@Mindful Muinteoir: When I taught deaf and special needs children trainee teachers would spend time in the classroom with us. This showed them how we sometimes have to adapt our teaching to include all children equally. It also gave them an insight into what being a SEN teacher requires should they wish to go down that path.
@Luas Vuitton – Penneys Drag Queen: So you don’t believe that children with special needs deserve to have teachers who are specifically trained to teach these children and to meet their needs? Shameful!!
@Mindful Muinteoir: Wow, how about they get primary school teachers to start lecturing in third level institutions? And don’t tell me that’s not the same thing, it is.
@Ann Reddin: Steady up. It’s placement as part of their studies and they would be supervised by qualified teachers at all times. Experience is the best way to learn anything. This is a positive step
Anything Master minded by this silly woman, is bound to be a disaster!
@Brian Hunt: Play the ball Brian.
It’s a great idea.
They’re already doing it so makes sense.
Any measure that will address the early intervention for those with Special Needs in schools must be welcomed
Great idea, but unions won’t allow it as they’ll put teachers first as usual.
@Allo Allo: unfair.
@Allo Allo: you obviously did’nt bother to read the article. The INTO came up with this idea first, you gobdaw.
‘Something something… teachers bad’ and so on
@Allo Allo: how is it a great idea these trainee teachers can barely teach mainstream kids my child is in 6th class a crucial year a a newly grad teacher was put to them be more suited with junior or senior infants. So how is it a good idea to do the same with special need kids. No no plenty of years of experience is needed for that type of teaching
And where are these people being forced into these positions going to live?
Pay them properly so they decide to stay in Ireland and after turning the masters in education into a cash cow students spend €10000 to qualify
I agree with this. I only said something similar a few weeks ago. Main stream teachers just think 1 way and that’s all kids are the same when that’s not the case. I’ve seen it so many times and it’s annoying.
@darren guthrie: absolute nonsense statement
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