Dublin City Council says citywide water restrictions will be in place for the next 2 nights. Water supplies will be cut overnight from 9pm until between 7am and 9am Wednesday and Thursday morning.

The local authority says it appreciates the co-operation of the public so far in helping to conserve water. They have made the move because reservoir levels remain low.

They say they will continue to review and monitor the storage levels on an on-going basis.

Reductions possible throughout entire city

"Treated water storage is currently at an unsustainably low level. This is as a result of production problems at one of our water treatment plants. There is obviously no problem with storage levels of untreated/raw water and there is no problem with water quality of treated water. Storage levels of treated drinking water are below a normal operational level" it said in a statement.

"In addition water demand is currently running higher than average due to the cold weather which has caused an increase in leakage. Our crews are repairing any breaks as they arise. To help us in this regard we would ask people to report any location where they see water rising or running".

"While we will try, as far as possible, to maintain pressures during peak demand periods, pressures will be reduced at other times. This will result in lower pressures and in some cases possible loss of supply. People may notice reductions in pressure or loss of supply from 9pm to between 7am and 9am throughout the entire city" it adds.

The Council has apologised for the inconvenience caused.