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THE WATER SHORTAGE that has left thousands of people without running water in Louth and east Meath has had a knock-on effect in parts of north Dublin.
Stocks of bottled water in major retailers are being stretched and stores are having to order increased supply to cater for people travelling from outside Dublin for water.
Lidl is among the retailers who say they’ve been forced to increase supply to cater for people along commuter routes who’ve been stocking up on supplies of still water.
The shortage has stemmed from a burst main near Drogheda that has seen around 70,000 people without water since Friday.
Irish Water has said that the water supply in some areas may not return to normal until this coming weekend and 35 water tankers have been deployed to supplement the shortage.
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But locals have been attempting to cope with the shortage in other ways, among them stocking up on bottled water. This has led to empty shelves in some local stores and people travelling from further afield only to find that stocks have been depleted as far as Dublin.
Ashbourne resident Joey Kavanagh explains that he checked three stores and drove to Dublin before getting bottled water:
My sister texted me and said there’s no water in the taps and so I said I’ll pick up some bottled water from Aldi when I get to Ashbourne. When I went into the shop in Ashbourne there was no still water at all. And my sister had heard there was none in Lidl either so we just figured there’d be none in any of the shops.
“So we got in the car and drove to Finglas and got to Lidl and again we went inside expecting there’d be water and there was none, there was just sparkling water. All the still bottles of water were gone. Then we drove on to Tesco Clearwater and there was a supply of water that was quite depleted but we managed to get some bottles. So we actually stocked up and got 63 litres.”
The water shortage has even led to reports of some stores limiting the amount of water each customer can buy in order to ration the available stock.
Asked about what steps are being taken to meet the increased demand, Lidl confirmed it has bumped up its orders of bottled water from suppliers.
“We are working closely with our suppliers to ensure increased daily deliveries of bottled water to our two stores in Drogheda and surrounding areas. In order to meet this demand, the increased delivery of water to our stores will continue until water supply in the area resumes to normal,” the company said in a statement.
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You have to love Ireland, a nation of begrudges, the poor girl was homeless and she needed our assistance.I pay my tax and I am happy it’s used to help our vulnerable citizens instead of the elite and bankers.
I hope none of you ever have to deal with any of these circumstances that the homeless have to deal with on a daily basis.
@cholly appleseed: she has achieved freedom from. Addiction Ann’s that’s a huge achievement..who knows what she might achieve now..i hope you never fall on hardtimes ..you judgemental person..you know NOTHING of her story but act like you know it all
@Marian Redmond: any addict will tell you they are never truly free from addiction. Correct but I know enough about city centre housing to know the kinds they house first.
Why was every single one of Freds comments deleted Journal? Did you not like the narrative he was putting across? Or do you not like the fact that his comments were very popular? This publication has gone to the absolute dogs.
Whilst this is good news, the inner city should be reserved for those working in fulltime employment. People should be allocated to areas that suit their lifestyle.
The road to this was not easy and I must applaud the young woman for turning her life around,yet it does leave a bitter taste in the mouths of those who do the right thing and still .through no fault of their own are left wanting.It is not easy getting 30,000 euro for a deposit..it takes a lot of hard work and it is not rewarded in this country..that is a fact
Why is the inner city constantly getting social housing? It’s at breaking point. There are 75 more units up the road from at agathas being built.
Why is there not more of these units available to the squeezed middle class who are working in city centre, paying bills and usually commuting 2/3 hours a day?
Why is answer to homelessness a free house for life?
Not begrudging anyone but think if you have a finite budget then rather than individual new apartments for a handful of people could we not accomodate larger amounts of people in more sensible accommodations.
On continent the build blocks of hotel type accommodation with 8-9 private rooms per floor sharing common areas (kitchen and bathroom)
Not ideal long term but same budget can house 70/80 rather than 11. Not something you would want to live in for rest of your life, but not meant to be. Meant to be a helping hand until you are able to stand on own feet and find something nicer using your own resources.
Fact is we will never get to end of housing list housing people one at a time
Awaiting the arrival of the Journal experts to tell us there is no homeless problem, just a bunch of people holding out for their preferred areas. Does this happen? yes, does it happen as the Journal experts believe, absolutely not.
@Fred Jensen: @Fred Jensen: It’s called having a support network. I know you think just sticking someone into a accommodation is all that is required, problem solved.
@Fred Jensen: By having a place to call home and moving on with her life maybe she will indeed become a very productive person where she just may get work and not be dependent of the state for help. God forbid if you or one of your own ever ended up needing charity from the taxpayer, what goes around comes around Karma is a B*
“working with banks to keep people in their homes”. What a load of nonsense!! More like; this Government worked with vulture funds to ensure anyone with debt issues are kicked out their homes.
@David Byrne: Meanwhile the poor haters have no problem with welfare for Apple, bondholders, vulture funds, Seany & now HAP which is unlimited dole for landlords and FIS which is unlimited dole for poverty paying employers
@Neal Ireland Hello.: There is always vile comments towards anyone needing housing here with the right wing “they just want a free house” crowd who have no problem with welfare for Apple bondholders vulture funds Seany(who cost us 34 Billion) FIS for poverty paying employers & hugely profitable companies & now HAP for the landlords of which many of FG are so HAP is for them when we need proper council houses built now like we did even in the 1920s when we a new and very poor state
What about those working full time in city centre, can’t get a mortgage in Dublin and pushed out to commuter towns, driving a few hours a day for work and missing out in family time. I think the homeless crew and dcc housing are middle class haters
The housing shortage is not going to be solved any time soon, if ever, the way things are going. The banks, the regulators, and NAMA have done more damage to this country than if we were bombed from the air.
@Angela: I would disagree with Fred on most things however on this problem he has good point, for every house being provided, someone else is paying for it, of course it’s an economy, unless you think they can be provided for free?
@Scundered: that’s not true every council property has a rent on it, you must pay rent and each house hold pays per person working or income coming into the house. Even if you are in receipt of a welfare payment you will pay by the differential system They council uses a differential rent system all incomes are calculated in order to qualify for a “Council House or Flat” you income must be below a limit.
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