Hiram was already laying out between the celery rows a long hosepipe.

In the well-kept garden, women in sarongs wash themselves beneath a hosepipe.

A second hosepipe ban in two years is likely, why is this happening?

Irish Water has introduced a hosepipe ban across the country from Friday morning.

It looks likely that hosepipe bans could become more common in the future.

Local sources said that a hosepipe had been found close to the car.

We certainly won't be using the hosepipe in the garden anymore.

But what are the dos and don'ts of a hosepipe ban?

I took the showerhead off and used it like a hosepipe.

Good to hear that there's no sock in your hosepipe.

Widespread hosepipe bans are likely even before spring has begun.

Give them a going-over with the hosepipe and let them get on with it?

There was thick brown mud all over the exhaust, holding the hosepipe in place.

There were neat rows of shrubs, each lovingly irrigated by lines of black hosepipe.

Now with the hosepipe ban, I'm delighted to put out the wash to next year.

The hosepipe ban is still in place nationwide and Irish Water are now planning nighttime restrictions.