Irish Water blocks Longford house extension

Irish Water has intervened in the planning process for the first time to stop a man from extending his house.

It made a verbal objection after discovering that the householder wanted to build a two-storey extension to his property over an old asbestos cement water pipe in the back garden.

Longford town council refused to grant the application for planning permission for the

extension in Bannon Terrace as a result. It stated clearly ...