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Burst water main disrupts supply across Leixlip, Maynooth and Celbridge
Uisce Éireann crews are responding to a burst water main in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, which may affect supply to Leixlip, Maynooth, Celbridge and surrounding areas. The utility expected repair works to continue until early afternoon on 8 November.
Our readThat one burst main can knock out three towns at once shows how thin the margins still are once you're outside the big cities.
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