A substandard sewage system, which pumps raw sewage into the River Deel, and onto the Main Street and footpaths in Askeaton, Co Limerick, is not likely to be rectified until after 2025, the Limerick Post has learned.

It comes as a group of local politicians have asked Limerick City and County Council to take legal action against Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), claiming the two state bodies have failed to deal, with what Cllr Kevin Sheehan described as “a public health scandal”.

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