Uisce Éireann is appealing to all customers, regardless of whether their supply is affected by a hosepipe ban, to be mindful of their water usage.

Dr Catherine Sweeney said people in the west of Ireland are not seeing any action on the ground or "anyone coming to assist".

Skilled retirees from ESB Networks are also being redrafted to assist.

Power has been restored to 540,000 customers; however some 228,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without supply.

340,000 customers are still without power as of Sunday morning.

Almost 40 per cent of all water due to be delivered to households and non-domestic customers in 2022 was lost due to leakages, according to the findings of a new report by a State watchdog

Residents on the Binghamstown/Drum scheme were without their water supply on Thursday and Friday while crews worked to repair the Eurotronics Israeli-made water pumping system