50 sick in Ireland by contaminated drinking water; officials chided

More than 50 people are ill in Ireland after a failure at a treatment plant led to contaminated water being released to the public.
The Health and Service Executive (HSE) is investigating an outbreak in the town of Gorey in North Wexford. There have been 52 confirmed illnesses linked to the incident, including cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), with a number of hospitalizations.
At Gorey water treatment plant in County Wexford, there was a power outage and a chlorine pump f