Appeal for 'emergency' action to address 'intolerable' Mayo water issues

Over 500 households in Ballycroy and Inishbiggle have been left without a water supply for days on end, a TD has hit out.

Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh described it as 'an ongoing intolerable situation'.

She stated: "The way to solve this is to allow some flexibility in the multi-annual water programme to enable moneys that have been returned to the department, or are to be returned to the department, from one scheme can be reallocated to another scheme that desperately needs it.

"There is a gravity-fed group scheme in Ballycroy and it is run by volunteers.

"What has happened is some of the volunteers have passed away so they are trying to reconfigure the volunteers in the parish to be able to apply for the necessary funding.

“There is a way to solve this.

"Mayo County Council applied for emergency funding earlier this year but was unsuccessful so we need emergency funding and some flexibility around the framework."