Irish Water highlights need for investment in infrastructure, while behind schedule
EPA identified 34 place where raw sewage is being pumped into the water course
EPA identified 34 place where raw sewage is being pumped into the water course
Conor O’Clery recalls how viewing the Twin Towers attack left a lasting sense of guilt and inadequacy in the face of catastrophe
Residents had taken legal action over noise pollution at landlord’s properties near UCC
Michael Viney: State’s star conservation invertebrate is the freshwater pearl mussel
Michael Viney: Mola mola, with its appetite for jellyfish, are in warmer Irish waters
Local residents took private prosecutions against Fachtna O’Reilly over noise pollution
Government plans for a State-wide ban should not be deflected by threats of litigation by producers
Irish Water has become the whipping boy but responsibility for treatment plants remains exclusively with local authorities
Government criticised over decision not to send tankers for 600,000 affected people
Half of the money raised from water charges was to have gone towards sewage treatment – now Irish Water has to queue for funding with other agencies
Emergency by-laws will come into effect on January 1st, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency does not expect tangible improvement before 2021
It’s a case of back to the future, when inadequate government funding for local authority services produced a dreadful mess
Time to get serious after EPA report
Even if main water pipes are not rupturing they are certainly leaking
Amended Act should allow for legal action against householders, says draft report
Eating fewer animals would save millions of lives – and cut our carbon footprint
Responsibility for water services should not be restored to local authorities
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill falls short in many respects, particularly when “national interests” are involved
Threat to health of consumers may be greater than previously anticipated
Scale of deficit supplies will require billions of euro in investment
Minister’s claim that dairy herd could be expanded while maintaining carbon footprint disputed
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