Moate and Ballymore residents hit by water outage due to burst main

UPDATE: Uisce Eireann has since issued an update, at 2.28pm, which stated that the repair works were now complete and that water supply should be starting to return to the affected areas.

A burst watermain has led to a water outage which is currently affecting residents in parts of Westmeath, including Moate.

Uisce Éireann said repair work was being carried out to address the outage, which comes at an unfortunate time with temperatures again expected to approach the mid-20s today.

In addition to Moate, areas such as Ballymore, Moyvoughley, Moyvore and Ballynacargy are affected by the water supply issue.

This one of several outages which have affected water supply to Moate residents over recent years.