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IRISH WATER HAS said that the boil water notice for 600,000 people in the greater Dublin area remains in place but that the affected water is “slowly pushing its way through the pipes”.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Irish Water spokesperson Yvonne Harris said that the hope is to lift the notice for the entire affected area as one and not section by section.
The decision to lift the notice would be jointly taken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the HSE and Fingal County Council.
The three parties are set to meet this afternoon and Harris said she would hope to have “some positive news” from that meeting but that she cannot preempt any decision.
The boil water notice was issued on Tuesday after the disinfection process, which makes water safe to drink, may have been compromised at the Leixlip Water Treatment Plant.
The EPA has since got the results of a sample taken this week from the Leixlip plant and they came back satisfactory, something Harris describes as “very positive”.
“The next stage now is that the EPA will consider the findings and they will produce a report at a later date. But this afternoon the EPA, HSE and Fingal will meet together to discuss the satisfactory sample we got from the plant,” she said.
The untreated water that’s in the pipes is slowly pushing its way out beyond the area. Our technicians will have mapped out how long it takes the water to flow through the pipes. And so, as each day goes, the water is getting further out. Another action that we plan today is for Fingal County Council to go to the extremities of the Leixlip pipeline and flush any water that will still be stagnant.
People affected by the notice are urged to ensure that they heed the advice and boil their water for drinking purposes, brushing their teeth, preparing food and infants’ bottles.
People living and working across a huge area in parts of Dublin, Meath and Kildare are affected.
Harris said that the desire is to lift the boil water notice across the entire area but that there may be some discussions this afternoon after whether some specific areas may see it lifted first.
“We are all very, very keen to lift the notice. Again we would like to apologise for customers that this notion was ever issued in the first instance,” she added.
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Hailo raised it percentage take and lost taxi drivers.
When was that?just curious
Hailo charge 12% commisssion, that’s it. No €79.00 or €99.00 a week with Citycabs/Global/Lynk.
Still has over half the Dublin fleet at 7,000+
Hailo will lose more drivers if they keep uping the aunty with price and rules silly rules !
You can’t up an “Aunty”, well maybe you can. Upping the ante is another thing. lol
They do take credit card but yes you do have to sign up first
They lost me when they stooped the use of their credit card facilities for non bailout jobs/customers it was extremely handy
What is a non bailout job or customer
I think he misspelled it ……..its meant to read non hailo jobs as in you used to be able to take credit card jobs of the street now the customer has to download the app if they want to pay by card…….stupid idea from hailo…
Hailo have added the option to pre book now so that’s not a unique feature for lynk
Hailo had to add that feature because it was the next step …….and to keep up with other apps that have that feature before them ….e.g…cab:app
My husband left a cab company recently. The company sold the controlling share to the guy named above. They thought that they could sell the drivers rent as part of the business package, (Approx’ €5K per year),forgetting that the drivers hire the cab company to supply them with work, and they work for the driver. Not wanting any association withthe new owners, he fired them.
He wondered why, as he calls it “the Weakest Lynk”, chose the exact same colour branding as Hailo? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I suppose.
Lynk taxis. €25 free sign up. €5 per journey if you pay by card but wait there’s a €3 booking fee before you sit in the taxi. It is removed after you use your “free” €25. So, free €10 sign up.
They can’t charge €3 for booking ! €2 is max Hailo don’t charge for booking
They do. I got a taxi that usually costs less than €5 and cost me over €8. Minus the “five” free. When you contact them they say that is taken off when your €25 is up.
I always use the lynk app ( Irish owned company)
To be fair Hailo was set up by 3 guys one Irish
it was set up back 3 London black cab drivers
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