Irish Water insists it’s working on a permanent solution to ongoing sewerage issues in Liscannor.
The issue has been raised at a Clare Labour Constituency meeting, following which a call has been made for the county’s political representatives to take steps to provide funding to fast track the project.
Liscannor is one of five locations in Clare highlighted by the EPA as having no wastewater or preliminary treatment, which Irish Water has blamed on historic under-investment.
Funding has recently been approved for works to be carried out to address the wastewater treatment issue in the North Clare village and consultants due to be appointed in the coming weeks.
In a statement to Clare FM, Irish Water says it remains committed to addressing the issue as part of its business plan to 2021.
68,000 euro was spent in replacing an outfall pipe in Liscannor in 2015 and the company it’s working on a more permanent solution to ensure the beach and it’s users are protected.
But Clare Labour Chairman Dermot Hayes says the ongoing wait simply isn’t good enough.
It comes on a day when concerns have been raised over a form of superbug – resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics – which has been detected at two beaches in Co. Galway.
Researchers in Galway say there is a higher risk of the NDM enzyme being found wherever raw sewage is pumped into coastal waters.
The discovery is thought to be a first for European bathing water but there’s no evidence to suggest anyone has been infected by exposure to the enzyme.
