Homes and businesses impacted on city’s southside
11:18, 17 Nov 2025
Uisce Éireann (stock)
Uisce Éireann crews are currently working to restore water supply following a “major burst” to a water main in Cork city.
The burst is impacting water supply to homes and businesses in the following areas:
- Blackrock Road
- Boreenmanna Road
- Ballinlough Road
- Douglas Road
- South Douglas Road
- Capwell Road
- Summer Hill South
- Quaker Road
- High Street
- Infirmary Road, and surrounding areas.
Uisce Éireann, formerly Irish Water, said that expert water services crews have been dispatched to investigate and carry out repair works, and that “every effort is being made to complete this work as quickly as possible.” James Goulding, Operations Manager for Uisce Éireann in Cork city added: “We understand the inconvenience that unplanned outages can have and would like to assure customers that we are doing everything we can to restore the water supply as quickly as possible. Crews have been mobilised, and we will continue to keep the community updated as the works progress.”
The company also explained that during and following any significant activity on the water network, “we usually see increased instances of sediment becoming dislodged from the old cast iron pipes, resulting in increased reports of discoloured water at customers taps.”
As water returns, customers may experience some short-term discolouration. In the event of discolouration, running the cold kitchen tap for several minutes will usually restore the water to a clear colour. More information https://www.water.ie/help/supply/after-an-outage
Once the repairs are complete, if the issue persists, please contact the customer care team on 1800 278 278 or report it via the dedicated online form at www.water.ie/projects/local-projects/tackling-discolouration-cork-city/contact/report-discolouration. Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communicationsfor planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. To register as a vulnerable customer or as an alternative contact, visit the Vulnerable Customers page.
In recent weeks, Uisce Éireann teams have been working to replace kilometres of old pipes in Cork city, on both the north and southsides of the city. Significant replacement work has been carried out in the College Road area close to University College Cork, while a €7.3m investment into improved water treatment on the northside of Cork city is expected to be completed by early 2027.
