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Boil water notice in place for over 20,000 people in Wexford

The notice was issued following a deterioration in the local water supply.

A BOIL WATER notice has been issued in Co Wexford, estimated to impact over 21,700 people in the south-east of the country. 

Irish Water said the notice is in place to protect the health of consumers after a deterioration in raw water quality entering the Wexford Town Water Supply was identified. 

The notice was issued with immediate effect by Irish Water and Wexford County Council following consultation with the HSE. 

Some of the areas which must boil their water before drinking include Newtown Road, Carcur, Carricklawn, Coolcotts, Whitemill, Wyram, Clonard, Townparks, Ard Carman, Barntown, Taghmon, and Hill Street.

A larger map of the affected areas can be found here.

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Water for those in the affected area must be boiled for:

  • Drinking
  • Drinks made with water
  • Preparation of salads and similar foods, which are not cooked prior to eating
  • Brushing of teeth
  • Making of ice – discard ice cubes in fridges and freezers and filtered water in fridges. Make ice from cooled boiled water.

These are the actions that should be taken:

  • Use water prepared for drinking when preparing foods that will not be cooked (such as washing salads)
  • Water can be used for personal hygiene, bathing and flushing of toilets but not for brushing teeth or gargling
  • Boil water by bringing to a vigorous, rolling boil (possibly with an automatic kettle) and allow to cool. Cover and store in a refrigerator or cold place. Water from the hot tap is not safe to drink. Domestic water filters will not render water safe to drink
  • Caution should be taken when bathing children to ensure that they do not swallow the bathing water
  • Prepare infant feeds with water that has been brought to the boil once and cooled.
  • Do not use water that has been re-boiled several times.
  • If bottled water is used for the preparation of infant feeds it should be boiled once and cooled.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 10:44 AM

    This is what happens when you bring good exclusives to the table *embraces PS4 lovingly*

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    Jan 6th 2015, 10:53 AM

    Brilliant device! Much better than Xbox and better exclusives. However the range of games still needs improvement. Big releases like COD Advanced Warfare and Killzone failed to deliver.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 5:37 PM

    You can’t really blame Sony if someone makes a game for it that isn’t good. Didn’t Microsoft buy Call of Duty anyway? Sony can hardly have a say with that obviously

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    Jan 6th 2015, 12:05 PM

    Now that Sony are making a profit, might we see some investment in their server capacity to stop these DDOS attacks from taking down the system. Lizard Squad repeatedly said Sony and MS’ systems were useless so now with all that money hopefully they’ll invest some of it into the people who made their profits.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 12:55 PM

    To my knowledge MS use Cloudflare for such attacks. Sony don’t which is why their service was down for days

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    Jan 6th 2015, 3:59 PM

    Your knowledge is wrong.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 5:19 PM

    Right or wrong, XBL was back up in 24hrs after the attack. Sony for their size should step it up especially after 2011.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 11:11 AM

    Xbox rules, PS4 drools!

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    Jan 6th 2015, 1:17 PM

    18.5 million * €400 = WTF!!!!!

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    Jan 6th 2015, 12:08 PM

    It’s pretty incredible how well it’s selling considering how lackluster the second half of 2014 was for exclusives. The Last of Us Remastered (a last gen game), DriveClub (disastrous broken launch, but now fixed finally) and LittleBigPlanet 3 (sent out to die) the only ones that I can think of. Thank god for 3rd parties! Really looking forward to Bloodbourne in March, though! I think Microsoft must be kicking themselves for the cock up that was E3 2013. All that online only stuff and Kinect disaster drove people away from them in droves and they’re only now recovering.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 10:49 AM

    The play station is a loss leader, they make the money on the games

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    Jan 6th 2015, 11:00 AM

    No, they are now making a profit on each unit sold.

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    Jan 6th 2015, 2:36 PM

    Doesn’t beat the Xbox One. I see they glossed over posting how those sales were in comparison…

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    Jan 6th 2015, 5:39 PM

    Yes, how easy it must be to gloss over sales figures that have not even been released

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    Jan 7th 2015, 1:02 PM

    Tyumen

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