Tipperary TD calls for the abolition of Irish Water following ongoing outages

 Tipperary TD Seamus Healy has stated that Irish Water should never have been established and should now be abolished.

In a statement highlighting a lack of water due to burst water mains, outages, treatment plant malfunctions and boil water notices, Deputy Healy said Irish Water had contempt for customers.

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"Tipperary town public water supply has been on a boil water notice since 12 February 2026. The supply serves a town of more than 5,000 people. The only and most recent information on the Irish Water website is dated 12 February 2026. There has been no further information. It is absolutely outrageous.

Half of the town of Clonmel was out of water on Friday and Saturday with no notice. There were homes without water and businesses had to close.

The town of Fethard was similarly without water at the weekend.

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The town of Carrick-on-Suir and west Tipperary have ongoing outages and boil water notices. That is completely unacceptable," he concluded.