UPDATE: Kildare County Council extends time of water outage in Newbridge

Kildare County Council has extended the timeframe of the water disruption currently affecting Newbridge.

The council has said: "Due to the complicated nature and location of a burst water main outside Tesco, Newbridge, the water supply will continue to be disrupted until approximately midnight tonight.

"The areas affected will be those located between the Crossroads of Green Road/Langton Road as far as the Liffey Bridge, including: Moorefield Park, Moore Park and Ave, all business and properties on Edward Street, all of Main Street as far as the Liffey Bridge, Piercetown, Dara Park, Pairc Mhuire, Station Road, College Park, The Grange, Newbridge Industrial Estate and all properties and business from Dunnes Stores."

The council added that it may take a number of hours for the water pressure to resume to normal levels, and customers may experience discolouration in their supply for a number of hours following the works.

However, it insisted that crews will endeavour to flush the lines throughout the day to ensure minimum disruption to the supply.

Traffic management will be in place during the works.