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Gerry

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403 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

We had no water Christmas Day and Stephen's Day this year.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

Yeah.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

For years and years and years and years and years, when our water was going, he was tankering out water to us and that was getting us by.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

But now, because Ishka... I don't know what the reasoning is, but Ishka and Aaron have decided that they're not going to do the tankering.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

And I've heard that he's trying to fight on our behalf even just to get water tankers out.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

We... I've fought on the phone with them trying to get...

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

You know, the bagged water that you would have got during the storm.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

It's just constant.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

No, but... Sorry, could you go back?

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

Just to make it very clear.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

They close our complaints.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

So what happens is our pump house breaks down.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

They come out.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

They flick the switch or whatever they do to restart it.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

And it works for a couple of hours.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

So then they close our complaints.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

Like, they've closed my complaints forever.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

With me saying, like, on the phone, clearly, I do not want to close my complaint.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

We have sent in, the collection of us, the AT residents or whatever, have sent in complaint letters.

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"I burst into tears because I couldn't boil the ham" Uisce Éireann Problems

People are complaining off their own backs and collectively.