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Irish water utility to lay new water main in Letterkenny
Uisce Éireann, Ireland's national water utility, announced on 11 November 2026 that it will install about one kilometre of new water main along Speers Lane and Main Street in Letterkenny, to keep pace with new housing already going up in the town. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2027 and finish in autumn 2027, carried out at night with temporary overnight road closures. A community information evening will be held on 18 November 2026 at Letterkenny Community Centre.
Our readThe project is small by national standards, but it shows that housing delivery in Ireland rests as much on water mains being upgraded street by street as on funding announced nationally.
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