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IRISH WATER HAS repaired the burst pipe overnight that caused water outages in many areas in Dublin yesterday.
Regional Asset Operations Manager with Irish Water, Margaret Attridge told Morning Ireland that a fitting on top of the pipe, that was laid 40 years ago, was “sheared off”.
The Operations Manager told the programme that crews got to the pipe around 6pm yesterday and managed to get it repaired around midnight last night.
While pressure continues to build in the pipes again, households are advised to run their taps until the water is clear as there could still be some discoloration in the network.
Attridge said there is no requirement to boil the water and that the water is safe to drink once it is flowing clearly from a tap.
Typically it takes two to three hours following restoration time for water to refill the networks and normal supply to be fully restored.
A spokesperson for Irish Water said: “Following the repairs, it takes several hours for normal water supply to return to all customers due to the size of Dublin’s network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the impacted network. ”
Attridge said despite the age of the pipe it was “quite a strong pipe” and the water company had feared that the damage was more extensive than originally thought, and that repairs could last “at least another 24 hours”.
Attridge said: “[Crews] started restoring pressure around two or three o’clock this morning.”
A significant and high-pressure water main burst in Dublin’s south inner city and the supply was turned off while the issue was being resolved.
Joe O’Reilly of Irish Water said: “I would like to thank the specialist water services crews in Dublin City Council for their dedication and expertise and for working throughout the night to limit the impact on customers and successfully complete the repairs.
“In addition, thanks to the residents in the area for their patience and understanding as we worked through the night on the repairs,” O’Reilly added.
Around 40,000 properties, including homes and businesses, were impacted by the outage.
Customers in the following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until the main is full restored:
One councillor in the Artane-Whitehall area said yesterday that they were receiving a high number of calls regarding outages in the Edenmore, Raheny and Artane areas.
Another councillor in Clontarf said they had a water supply, but that it was running brown.
Irish water arranged alternative water supplies in key locations across Dublin which closed at 9am this morning.
The Irish Water customer care helpline is open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries.
Additional reporting by Muiris O’Cearbhaill
And pop a few dacent movies up there while you’re at it… Running low…
@Michael Bodycoach: hahaha good one.
@Michael Bodycoach: Disney+ is out next week. Going to give that a go. Light hearted family shows and movies is what I need right now. This forty something is going to watch bedknobs and broomsticks with no shame or guilt. (Just don’t tell anyone)
@Peter Cavey: Disney+ is already out isn’t it? I’ve had the app AGES but still haven’t subscribed lol
@Dalya Al-Tulaihi: their website says 24th March. Maybe you can download the app now but might not work till then.
@Michael Bodycoach: kingdom. Has zombies in it, but it’s so much more. Brilliant.
@Peter Cavey: I’ll try it out now and let you know.
@Michael Bodycoach: Should check out Uncut Gems. Really good movie.
@Peter Cavey: oh nevermind! I have the DisneyLife app! :)
@Pete Gilmartin: agreed – probably one of Adam Sandler’s best performances to date.
@Pete Gilmartin: Agreed it was Adam Sandler not being “Adam Sandler”, it was refreshing.
@Michael Bodycoach: or just download CinemaHD apk?
@Dalya Al-Tulaihi: in other countries. It doesn’t launch in ireland until the 24th. signed up for the year last week.
Covid is affecting everything.
Netflix could we please get the same content as America? Please? *puppy eyes*
@Optimus Prime: Google….. Liberty Shield.
@Optimus Prime: you can do a little Google search for tutorials.
@John C: that’s another 7 pounds a month to sign up for that.
@John C: Google…. CinemaHD.
@Optimus Prime: We get a lot of stuff that they don’t get because they are in competition with the owners there. If they aren’t streaming in Ireland/UK they don’t mind selling stuff to Netflix.
So are they reducing the price for that period also? Yeah right
@mammy: it’s not that expensive anyway for what you get. We’d have spent something similar for two or three movies a month in a video shop few years back.
@King B: yes but that’s not the point here. If we’re paying for a service we should expect the same content and service we signed up for.
@Atlas’ burden: Christ I’ll give you the €1.50
@Daragh Kennedy: @Daragh Kennedy: The basic price on Netflix is €7.99 per month. Ultra HD is €15.99 per month. So, Where are you getting your €1.50 from you muppet. But if you’re giving away a free €1.50, I’ll take it also
@Paulie B: the second tier standard which is the one you have to be on for HD is 12€ and the basic without it is €8. I’m in the second purely because of wanting HD as I don’t use the second screen. Why would I pay extra for a service I’m not getting? It doesn’t matter what the amount is, if you pay for a service you get it and if not then there should be a reduction in price to reflect that.
If quality is down for a month will subscription drop for a month? Like BMW selling you a 3.0lt and telling you they will be swapping the engine out with a 1.0lt for a month.
@Paul O Mahony: No it isnt. Not even remotely.
@Gary Stewart: why should I pay for UHD on Netflix and receive only HD… Yes the price difference is very small but not the principle. Netflix are obviously enjoying the kudos but will probably not pass it on to their customers by way of a reduction in fees.
The Irishman is now going to be 6 hours long.
Ah yes, rather buy new servers with all that new sub money the last few weeks they’ll reduce quality. Mugs the lot of ya.
@MitchConnor: Its not their issue. If you look at the article it is to relieve ISP backhaul pressure. And if you look at netfix IT, stuff like chaos monkey/kong where they can fail entire geographical locations its pretty cool. So id say their infra can handle it.
@Shougeki: As someone from a networking background. I find it a little hard to believe that core networks would struggle with Netflix converging there networks. And if it was the case, the protocol will sense it and load balance it at the various tiers in the network. Also, if the telecoms really wanted they could give priority to IP ranges of hospitals, also most hospital traffic I would imagine is intranet.
@MitchConnor: go to school
@Dave.: funny here how the posts that speak the truth get so few thumbs up .. and you were nice about it :)
@Dave.: By the message it is a combination of netflix plus everyone working from home – vpn, zoom, etc.
But the telcos cores should handle it. If you want a good tech read look into their simian army and the advent of chaos engineering where they build massive failures into their designs.
Hopefully PH keep their quality up!
Pornhub may need to look at doing the same!!
@Berkieahern3: be quiet you monster!
@Berkieahern3: Alright John
@Berkieahern3: You can get UHD porn now? What a time to be alive.
They will of course reduce their fees accordingly
So they are doing this so people can use the internet from home rather than work. Are they not using the same amount of data when at home vs at work? Fill me in…
@Mal Swan: no is the quick answer. Working from home for a lot, means accessing your company corporate network remotely. This puts traffic over internet that would not normally be there, ad to that kids are off school and you can be sure they are generating massive traffic that would not normally be there for a fair portion of weekdays. Ad to that all of those who’ve lost their jobs to to covid 19 related business closures and are at home also potentially using internet services
Less quality same sh/t
Oh more good news
What quality?
Can people please stop complaining if you have to watch TV of a slightly worse quality, the demand of internet usage is huge now that people are working from home and streaming more. Fair play to Netflix, I’m looking forward to watching HD TV again soon.
@Jenny Kelleher: I am complaining I’m paying the same fee with reduced c**p service and I have to work and expose myself and my 82 year old pop to this virus
@Jen Gordon: maybe if the service does turn crap then fair enough. It would be worse if it took longer for shows/movies to load or buffer in HD. This way everyone can enjoy. Well done for continuing to work, lots of us are
@Jenny Kelleher: Actually Netflix will have significantly reduced costs due to this move, they pay bandwidth fees (primarily to amazon web services) in proportion to the amount of bandwidth they use. Its only right to expect them to pass this on to the consumers.
I’m sure you wouldn’t think it right that they profit from covid-19 now would you?
@Jen Gordon: hardly Netflix’s fault you have to work unless you are working for them?
@Jenny Kelleher: Will somebody think of the people with 4K TVs having to watch Netflix in Full HD!
Starting to watch highway to heaven on Netflix, great upbeat show
@Terry Tibbs: maserati 3200, talk to me.
@Terry Tibbs: it is indeed and a great show for the times we live in right now!
@Mark Walsh: Message from Maserati 3200; I’m dying, I’ve been driven hard, very hard. Too hard. I’m feeling a slight clenchy feeling on number 7, I’ve upped my oil pressure, and I’m getting a bit hot, like very hot, I can’t keep this up, @Terry Tibbs should I carry on or park up? ??
@Terry Tibbs: Highway to heaven is on netflicks. well thats my weekend sorted. I’m also blind so don’t need picture just sound. no Hd needed here seems the eyes stopped showing any definition many years ago.
Reduce fees too ??
Daft system really this Netflix. Waste tons of bandwidth sending videos to invidual viewers one by one. Since everyone pretty much watches the same tripe anyway just like back in the day it makes much more sense to send to millions of users at the same time by satellite. Though as usual corporate greed prevents this from happening
@Quiet Goer: go back to bed will you, and hop out the right side
@Quiet Goer: I don’t have a detailed knowledge of how e-commerce ties into ISP profits. But it makes more money than peer to peer file sharing.
@Watchful Axe: I’m guessing.
@Quiet Goer: Actually they have edga content servers in isp co-lo’s to reduce exactly what you are saying!
@Quiet Goer: go back to the 90 so
@Quiet Goer: yes, blockbuster on line, zero benefit, not even the walk to the shop. Move has no value, you paid for hundreds with 10.99
@Quiet Goer: Do you still play ABBA Tapes??
@Shougeki: actually they host everything on AWS, google it.
@Quiet Goer: that defeats the purpose of it and restricts you to having watch stuff when it’s on. And you’re still streaming it so it still takes up the same bandwidth.
Makes sense
Ah and so it begins. You watch in 6 months time … “lads we’re just shutting off the internet for 7 days…”
@zachary vvm: thats it start downloading again like a few years ago burn up that bandwith before its gone lol
Kingdom. Soooo good
They get reduce the price commensurate with the drop in quality so, yeah!?
Omg now its time to panic!!
Hope this doesn’t include Netflix Argentina…god knows I’m paying enough for it..
@EdmundOrlando: As soon as all the Covid-19 travel restrictions lift, we’re Patagonia bound or bust. Move over Bro.
Considering our TV is 11 years old and our broadband is terrible due to living in the middle of nowhere, this certainly won’t affect us LOL
Popcorn time
I’m gaming rather than watching shows, much more fun and immersive. But I’m be still working even with lockdown happens
Can we also expect a reduction in subscription fees while the quality is not up to scratch?
I trust we can then achieve a price drop also for the consumers.
What exactly does “reduce the quality” mean? We were giving you some good entertainment now have some shït stuff?
@Cosmological: no.high definition down to a lower definition.it uses less bandwidth.
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