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Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in 13 counties

Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

By Stephen Conneely
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#2275
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 10:55 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 10:12 UTC
Version history
4 versions
Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 16:29 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Stephen Conneely
Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’
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  1. 4
    Revision observed

    Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in 13 counties

    Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

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    Revision observed

    Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in 13 counties

    Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

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    Revision observed

    Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in much of Munster and Leinster

    Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

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    Initial capture

    Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in much of Munster and Leinster

    Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Evidence layer

Capture provenance

Capture ID
#2058
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 16:40 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
826,497 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt
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