State water company Uisce Éireann completed one of its biggest-ever repair projects to a key pipeline that is critical to Dublin’s supplies in not much more than 24 hours last August, according to the company. The pipe repaired in August connects the Uisce Éireann water treatment plant at Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare, with a reservoir in Saggart, Co Dublin. Uisce Éireann identified a series of structural weaknesses and large leaks that threatened “catastrophic” consequences had they not been repaired, he says. Mark O'Duffy of Uisce Éireann: ‘Every last detail is planned down to the nth degree.’ Photograph: Naoise CulhaneIn the event, Uisce Éireann had 28 hours to tackle the problem. “This is very dangerous work,” O’Duffy says, adding that it has to be done in difficult and cramped conditions.

Source: The Irish Times January 05, 2026 05:56 UTC