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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Perhaps Limerick county council have a plan to privatise the water and it just wouldn't be fair to have other people getting clean water for free.
Or maybe there are 'talks' with a spring-water bottling company going on and the council have already effectively sold the Bleach Lough water and they can't have the locals using it.
Or maybe somebody is just trying to expand the market for bottled water because if you already have clean water you will hardly buy it, but with dirty water from the Deel well sales can only go up.
Whatever backroom deals and plots have been made between the council and private enterprise, I wish the locals all the best in their fight against them.
Feature on this topic can be found at:
Expect a full report from Orlaith later this evening on today's tense and surprising face-off
Dirty Water? - You must be kidding - No Deel!!
FF councillor breaks will FF tradition and argues with council official
Contractors approach the line.
I see that the Gleeson Group [drinks and bottled water distributor] made a major expansion of its facility last year in Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary. “The expansion [included] a complete new high-speed, modern bottle water production line.
Established in 1974 by brothers Nicholas and Patrick Cooney, the Gleeson Group's portfolio of brands includes Tipperary Natural Mineral Water, Finches, Country Spring soft drinks, Devil's Bit cider, Merry's cream liqueur and Magic Stick freeze pops.
As the second largest wholesaler for the licensed trade in Ireland, it also holds the Irish agency for a number of international brands, including Bavaria Lager. “We operate out of eight distribution centres in Dublin, Borrisoleigh, Clonmel, Macroom, Drogheda, Cavan, Donegal and Belfast,” said Cooney. It also bought several soft drink brands, including Finches, Corcorans, Splash and Cadet, from Diageo subsidiary United Beverages, at a cost of €15 million.
Hmmn....I wonder where they get the water for all this? and the other water bottling firms?
Or maybe it is just planning permissions for massive development in the area which will need more water than the lake provides, as the council seems to have said?