Irish Water says the upgrade of the Lough Talt water treatment plant in Sligo can now go ahead.

Planning permission to upgrade the existing water treatment plant has been granted and the government has also confirmed that funding of €10 million is now in place.

A contractor has been appointed and the work will begin in September, the building work could take twelve months though.

Our reporter Barry Whyte has been back to Sligo to speak to some of the thousands of people impacted....