It's barely been 24 hours since the boil water notice for parts of Dublin, Meath and Kildare was ended by Irish Water.

Meanwhile, 36 towns and villages throughout Ireland are releasing raw sewage into the environment, according to a new EPA report. Half of the raw sewage comes from just three areas, Arklow, Cobh and Kilmore Quay.

Karin Dubsky, Coastwatch Europe International Coordinator and Green Party candidate for Wexford in the upcoming byelection, and Darragh O'Brien is spokesperson on Housing, Planning & Local Government. TD - Dublin Fingal.

They joined Ivan on this evening's edition of the Hard Shoulder.