Uh-oh: The water supply in Cork is turning women’s hair GREEN

They say blondes have more fun, but ladies with golden locks are having a spot of bother in areas of North Cork.

Hairdressers in Cork are said to be bombarded with woman asking to get a GREEN tinge out of their hair, since there has been a water imbalance in Northern areas.

“It wasn’t long until we noticed lots of people coming in that had this green hue in their hair. We were surprised there was so many."

“Women just wanted to get rid of the colour. It is a big problem," said Kai Runovski, a salon owner in Cork.

Kai said that due to the water imbalance, blonde and grey hair was turning into a “mucky, green shade” and brunettes had a more “forest” green.

At first, the owner of Red Door Beauty Salon was worried the problem was connected to the salon’s colouring products and hired a colour technician.

“She told me the water had very high iron levels and was very acidic, and that was causing it. It’s not just here, you can find places like that in west Cork and in Kerry,” she said.

“It was a shock in the beginning. We’ve learned to buy big gallons of alkaline shampoo all stored in the basement. It’s up to us to find a colour to hide the green.”

After numerous complaints were made to the Mayor of Cork, John Paul O’Shea, he said that  he has brought the issue to the attention of council engineers and agreed a €40,000 upgrade of the local water treatment plant that should solve the problem.

Let's hope there's no more green hair in sight after the upgrade… Unless you want to go down the Kylie Jenner route, that is.