A NEW channel cut by the river Feale is a serious threat to the Abbeyfeale water supply, local man Jim O’Connor warned this week.

And the concern is that the new channel, which bypasses the town’s water treatment plant, could become the new course for the river.

“What we said would happen, has happened now, or at least partly,” said Mr O’Connor, a supervisor at the town park which overlooks the river….

Limerick Leader 29/02/2016 Read the article ‘Channel a threat to Feale water supply’