I see that I have been a little too flippant. This time there is confirmation that Galway has a problem.

'The mayor of Galway, Niall O Brolchain, has called on the Irish government to provide more funding to upgrade water treatment services.

However, Irish Environment Minister Dick Roche said that the government had already made 21m euros available for such projects in Galway, but the local council had failed to make use of the money.'

What the hell!?