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Jul 4 2024
Will the pipes DAD’S ARMY leak for Willie Week? by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
UISCE Éireann are to have crews on standby for Willie Clancy week while an emergency meeting with the Stateowned water utility company has been requested by councillors in West Clare. This is after Miltown Malbay, Spanish Point, Quilty and surrounding areas were hit with water outages for the past two Sundays and comes amid the height of the summer tourist season for parts of West Clare. More than 10,000 people are expected in Miltown Malbay for
Willie Clancy week with businesses under enough pressure without having to worry about the potential loss of their water supply. Residents and business owners have been left frustrated with the outages but also left with concerns regarding the water quality when supply has been restored. “The water can’t be touched, that is our biggest fear, when the water comes back after it breaks our biggest fear is when do we drink it, when are we able to drink it,” publican Cathal O’Loughlin stated. Restauranteur, Eddie Keane
told The Clare Echo, “The levels of frustration are beyond belief ”. Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) described it as “a very serious situation”. He said, “Willie Clancy starts this Saturday, proposing we come up with an engineering solution to deal with it. Where it broke last Sunday and where it broke the Sunday before is the length of the table away, it should have been done last winter before the tourism season”.
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l Niall Kelly celebrates with his daughters Ada and Thea after helping Lissycasey to win the Cusack Cup for the second time
Photo by Gerard O’Neill