Fifteen areas across Ireland are currently impacted by water shortages amid the hot weather as officials warn 60 more are under threat.
Met Eireann has forecast a scorcher of a week ahead with temperatures expected to reach 29C in some areas, driving up the demand for water.
As a result of this incoming hot weather and the bout of summer we had in mid-July, added to a severe lack of rain in some areas, the risk of drought is rising according to Irish Water.
