The Dealer couldn’t believe his eyes this week when he read a tweet from Irish Water.

“Due to the depleted reservoir levels at the Creagh Water Treatment Plant, customers in Clonattin, Ballymoney, Woodlands, Townpark, Ramstown, Gorey and surrounding areas may experience a water outage or reduced water pressure.”

Depleted reservoir levels, The Dealer said to himself.

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After the amount of rain that fell last month in the southeast?

While I’m told it was an operational issue at the plant, the tweet did not go down well among the masses.