Thousands affected as water supply is cut off for much of Athlone
Virtually all of the east side of Athlone - including the IDA Business Park, Athlone IT, and the town's two largest shopping centres - is currently experiencing disruption to its water supply.
The water supply issues began at around 10am this morning (Thursday) and are not expected to be resolved until 5pm this afternoon.
An Irish Water representative said the issues were a result of work to upgrade the Annagh reservoir which serves most of east Athlone.
The disruption is also affecting some areas outside of the town itself, including Clonbonny, Mount Temple, Ballykeeran, and Glasson.
On the 'supply and service updates' section of its website, Irish Water has listed the areas affected by the loss of supply today.
The affected areas were listed by Irish Water as follows:
- The IDA Business Park
- Athlone Business Park
- Blyry
- The Orchard
- Cornamaddy
- Cloghnaboy
- Cornamagh
- Covidien
- Ballymahon Road
- Mayfield Grove
- Drumaconn
- Cloghnaboy Close
- Cloghnaboy Park
- Sonas Athlone Nursing Home
- Two Mile Round
- McCormack Park
- Brawney
- Athlone Sports Centre
- Athlone Town Centre
- The Moorings
- Sarsfield Square
- Grovelands
- Ashley Crescent
- Roslevin Lanws
- Southlands
- Newtown Terrace
- Department of Education and Skills
- Glasson
- Bullet Road
- Kippingstown
- Lower Glasson Road
- Ballykeeran
- Valley Court
- Cartrontroy Heights
- Auburn
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Esker Glen Apartments
- Bunnavalley Medical Centre
- Retreat Heights
- Retreat Park
- Retreat Mews
- Auburn Heights
- Athlone Community College
- Clonbrock Court
- McCormack Centre
- Our Lady's Bower Secondary School
- Marist Brothers' Primary School
- Lower Road, Anker's Bower,
- Golden Island Shopping Centre
- Belhavel Shopping Centre
- Church Street
- Bower View
- Castlemaine Street
- St. Patrick's Terrace
- John Broderick Street
- Griffith Street
- The Strand
- Northgate Street
- Cyprus Gardens
- The Elms
- Ardnaglug
- Hillcourt
- Cartrontroy
- Garden Vale
- Baylin
- Mount Temple
- Fardrum
- Tullywood
- Glenwood
- Clonbonny
and surrounding areas in Co. Westmeath.