{"id":500030,"date":"2026-06-15T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/500030\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:19:10","slug":"uisce-eireanns-discoloured-water-advice-as-coffee-flows-from-taps-across-northside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/500030\/","title":{"rendered":"Uisce \u00c9ireann’s discoloured water advice as ‘coffee’ flows from taps across northside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Properties were hit by a widespread outage as crews rushed to fix reservoir issue<\/p>\n

09:25, 14 Jun 2026Updated 11:52, 14 Jun 2026<\/p>\n

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‘Coffee-coloured’ water from the tap in Gurranabraher(Image: Supplied by reader)<\/p>\n

Uisce \u00c9ireann have confirmed crews have completed restoration works after homes across the northside were left without water yesterday. The widespread supply outage was caused by a mechanical issue at the Harbour View Reservoir.<\/p>\n

Properties across St Luke’s, Lower Glanmire Road, Farranree, Shanakiel, Sunday\u2019s Well, Shandon, Commons Road and the surrounding areas were impacted, with many without water for hours on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

But on Sunday morning, homes across the northside began having a different issue – badly discoloured water. One resident who said it was the “worst I have ever seen” told Cork Beo: “I thought we got free coffee.”<\/p>\n

The utility company has advised customers that they may experience temporary water discolouration as supply returns. Customers experiencing discoloured water are advised to:<\/p>\n

Run the cold kitchen tap for several minutes until it runs clear.If the water does not return to a clear colour, customers are advised not to drink it as a precaution and to contact Uisce \u00c9ireannUisce \u00c9ireann can be contacted through the water.ie<\/a> website and customer care helpline on 1800 278 278.<\/p>\n

Uisce \u00c9ireann\u2019s Niall O\u2019Riordan thanked customers for their patience as the network recharges. He said: \u201cWe understand the inconvenience of an unplanned interruption, and we appreciate customers\u2019 support as we worked to return a normal supply.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Properties were hit by a widespread outage as crews rushed to fix reservoir issue 09:25, 14 Jun 2026Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-500030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}