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RESIDENTS IN AFFECTED areas of Clontarf are being told to continue to boil tap water for drinking and cooking while further tests are carried out.
The problems with water in the St. Lawrence’s District Meter Area have been ongoing since last Monday, when residents in around 1,400 homes were told not to use their tap water, even if it had been boiled.
Later last week residents were told that following bacterial tests water could be boiled for use. The affected area lies between the Howth Road and Castle Avenue and from the Howth Road at Collins Avenue to Clontarf Road.
The most recent update – which a Dublin City Council spokesperson told TheJournal.ie this morning still stands – indicates that tap water can be used directly for bathing, washing dishes and doing laundry, but that it must be boiled for consumption.
Dublin City Council has confirmed that no E. Coli has been detected in any of the water samples tested to date, but that some of the samples have indicated the presence of Total Coliforms above the standards set out in the Water Supply Regulations.
The council is reassuring residents that Total Coliform bacteria are not likely to cause illness.
Testing is to continue in the coming days and Dublin City Council has said it is:
… very appreciative of the resident’s forebearance and the courtesy and support of our tanker crews and water service staff as they work to identify the location of the problem.
Water tankers will be available on Castle Avenue at Kincora Avenue and on St. Lawrence Road at the Howth Road until 7.30pm this evening.
What are Total Coliforms?
The presence of certain bacteria such as total coliforms may not necessarily mean an actual risk to human health but does provide a warning of a failure in water treatment or in the integrity of the distribution system.
While E. coli is the only member of the total coliform group that is found exclusively in faeces, other members of the group are found naturally in water, soil and vegetation, as well as in faeces.
In a distribution system, public health decisions should not be based solely on the presence of total coliforms, in the absence of E. Coli, unless the investigation indicates a problem that results in a threat to public health.
Total coliforms do not just come from human and animal waste. They may also come from soil, vegetation, insects etc. Their presence is typically not tolerated in drinking water supplies.
Are you affected by the water disruption? Let us know how it’s going. Email tips@thejournal.ie
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Its ok..SIPTU have a travel ‘slush’ fund from the HSE that they can aptly use here to pay this
Fantastic ruling!.. Finally moving forward away from ruthless unions that will not see common sense and sit down to negotiate reasonable outcomes!
Delighted for SIPTU, the people running this turncoat of a union have been getting fat of the backs of the working class for to long and past governments only to happy to accommodate them for an easy life!!..Just wonder what sort of spin they going to put on this ruling!
Great !!! Two faced millionaires !
another nail in the coffin of workers rights
Empty rhetoric.
Another clown who hasn’t got a clue…
so some one you dont agree with is automatically a clown,very mature
Nope, just the ones who buy into siptu lies.
i’m not buying into anybody’s lies i am simply expressing a personal opinion on the constant erosion of workers rights and entitlements.i believe i have a right to do so without being insulted by an ignorant coward such as yourself
True Shauna. They are just immature yet to realize the consequences. When they wake up with no workers’ rights one day (by the way, those rights where given to you bu unions) then they will start thinking with their heads.
Ryanair winning a legal action and getting cost ? That’s more rare then one of there staff smiling. Must be some surreal feelings going around Ryanair head office today….
This is absolutely sick. Do not want to live in a country like this
Shur grab a plane and leave. .. oh… wait…
Well now that the strike has been called off/delayed, you can easily hop on a flight out of here if you so wish
Kevin
You seem to have a difficulty with both the Rule of Law and it’s application within a Democratic State. Could I suggest that you consider relocating to another jurisdiction where you might appreciate what we have her in Ireland. I am of course prepared to provide you with a list of countries where such learning could be instructive and immediate.
Try…..Russia North Korea Somalia Congo Cuba etc etc etc
Our Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner seem to have great difficulty with the rule of law and it’s application in a democratic state. Any travel suggestions for that pair Richie?
Why? Because a strike was averted? A strike that would have been very costly to the exchequer and to our image over our national holiday. DAA and FR did the right thing and the court acted correctly.
Bye!
Don’t see the problem here. The courts ruled against them. Maybe if they had a good legal team they would realise the action against was going to succeed.
There hasn’t been a trial yet.
Anyone who thinks this is a good thing is deluded. 3 years of talks went on with no resolution before there was a whisper of industrial strife. The working persons right to withdraw labour has been taken away by the courts and now the unions are penalised after they followed all procedures laid down. It’s a black day for anyone not at management level in the workforce. And before people jump on the “pampered semi state workers” bandwagon, joining this pension scheme, good or bad was a condition of employment so the workers had no choice and are still paying into it today. Iv been trawling the French papers, can’t seem to find the article where aerlingus and Ryanair are taking the air traffic controllers to court, strange!
The value of your investment may go up or down, that is no justification or an enshrined legal reason for people to strike
So if you bought 100 shares in Ryanair and when you go to sell them you discover you only own 80 shares, then that’s ok is it?
No but if I buy 100 shares at €70 per share and I go to sell them and they are worth €60 per share that is the risk.
Come on you are better than that defined benefit schemes destroyed Detroit and it’s industries and if you can find someone that starts a job now and can get one.
On the other side the union could get their way the pension scheme will pay out and the company will go busy before the end of the decade
Take a jump Brian. These people sought to hold the country to ransom. They tries hurt thousands who’d had left the country and tried to get home to see their families.
They tried to blackmail all the small business around the country who depend on tourist days like paddy’s
Never mind the reputation if the country around the world on its most famous day.
They could have picked a ordinary Tuesday to strike but no they wanted to damage the country as much as possible.
No matter how valid their cause they should not try hurt ordinary people in searching for a result of their problem.
Personally I’d disband unions as they only represent the top cats within that union and not one single care for the ordinary workers, their families or the general community they live in.
I shed a tear for all you that wanted to strike on paddies weekend
If it was another weekend you would have some sympathy but right now you got what you deserved
Also are you aware of the salary scales of your beloved union leaders
It makes rehab look like lidl
We’ll said Brian. 100%correct – Ryanair have been very quiet during this pension dispute – too busy rubbing their hands in glee at the potential demise of trade unionism in this country, whether people subscribe to trade unions or not many workers enjoy better working conditions and pay because of trade unions.
No injunction sought against the French Air Traffic Controllers for the losses they incurred – !
@chris. Put yourself in the airport workers shoes Chris, what would you do ? Just roll over and accept it without a whimper. These workers have spent over 3 years using all the industrial relations mechanisms possible to no avail, meanwhile for every €1 they are forced to put in they are looking at getting just over 10c back – fair exchange ? Don’t think anyone can honestly agree with that if they were in the same situation
I feel serious all out strikes on the way …
Lets take a look at this more closely: a stay on costs pending the trial means that there has to be a trial on the issue of whether SIPTU were entitled to strike, otherwise the costs won’t be payable?
This is going to be a lot bigger than DAA Ryanair or Aer Lingus would like it to be, because fundamental principals are at stake. Of course, if there is no trial I expect no costs will be payable, because the applicants will have withdrawn their action.
We’ll said Paul Roche, at last someone who has some real perspective and a grasp of the seriousness of this issue for all workers who are members of trade unions in this country.
Thanks ehhh… whoever you are,
But I have to say I’m not a fan of SIPTU (or many other unions) leadership.
The constitutional principals are what I support, in the hope that the Unions will get it right eventually… Lets just say I see it as a door that should not be closed.
Notice all the anti worker comments written throughout the day by the work shy wasters
It just gets better!
My husband is in the private sector and he lost his defined benefit pension after 15 years because it was no longer affordable. The company switched him to a “regular” plan. Did he threaten to strike? No, he just got on with his job. SIPTU can take a run and jump.
What’s a regular plan . .?
What’s that you say ? begrudgery ? If it happens to me it should happen to everyone else is it ?.
I’d say ye should maybe tell everyone what happened to your husbands pension and try teach people not to let the same thing happen to them….
Just curious..does anyone know if Ryanair/Aerlingus are taking legal proceedings in France? Wouldnt they have also lost money with the air traffic controllers strike.!
Not on the same scale.
SIPTU should also compensate Aer Lingus and Ryanair for losses incurred by their stupid and totally unnecessary strike!
Government must legislate to ban unnecessary strikes!
Is it now illegal to strike in this country?
It should be made illegal to attempt to cause massive disruption to peoples lives and damage the wider economy of the country just to further your own aims.
Ok, but is it now illegal to strike in this country?
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