Uisce Éireann fined €1,500 over discharge of treated effluent in Co Cork
Fisheries officer tells court stretch of Owenbaun stream carpeted with fungal material, which suffocated invertebrate life
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Uisce Éireann fined €3,500 for incident that killed tens of thousands of fish in Co Cork
Water utility admits it let polyaluminum chloride enter Allow river at Freemount near Kanturk last June leading to fishkill
Storm Darragh clean-up continues with some facing up to a week without power
Work continues to return transport, electricity and water services to normal after Ireland hit by strongest winds for four years
Wastewater treatment at 10 cities and large towns fails to meet EU standards, EPA finds
Uisce Éireann ‘must prioritise’ prompt delivery of essential works at locations highlighted by the agency
The Irish Times view on Dublin’s commuter rail problems: decades of underinvestment finally catching up with us
The debacle points to a worrying weakness in terms of Irish Rail’s operational capacity
Airlines for America raises Dublin Airport passenger cap with US officials
Seen & Heard: WaterWipes approach, Uisce Éireann investment warning, Ornua’s marketing spend for Kerrygold and Metabolomics Diagnostics sold
Big budget drinks companies have done a great job of commodifying drinking water
Whatever about the health benefits of the water itself, drinking it from a plastic bottle can be dodgy
New €59m reservoir will enhance security and resilience of water supply across Greater Dublin Area
Uisce Éireann says €118m investment will boost supply for housing, hospitals and Dublin Airport
Plans for ‘transformational’ Apple tax money to be announced in early 2025
Budget 2025: €3bn raised this year from the sale of AIB shares earmarked for infrastructure and development
Regulator says Irish Water will miss key targets this year
Seen & Heard: Eamon Waters planning woes, Foreign investment complacency, and SimpleStudy secures new funding
What do you do with hair you shed - put it in the bin or flush it down the toilet?
Hair is natural, it can hardly be an environmental hazard? Or can it?
Why is our capacity to deliver infrastructure projects worse now than it was in the 19th century?
A railway was built from Dublin to Cork with little more than a shovel and a pick in the 1840s. Today the Shannon pipeline project will take 15-20 years from conception to completion - and that’s if all goes well
Dublin businesses demand increase in housing supply and more gardaí
Dublin Chamber publishes its pre-budget submission on Monday
Builders call for VAT cut on new homes to ease housing crisis
Construction Industry Federation budget submission says more resources for water supply and planning are needed
New water charges for business and farmers will be excessive, claims former minister
Sean Canney has called on the Government to intervene but Uisce Éireann has said that annual increase will be less than €250 for vast majority of users
Water supply disruption due in greater Dublin area next week as pipe repair project starts
Saggart reservoir to Ballymore Eustace pipeline supplies one-third of drinking water to the Greater Dublin area
On-the-spot water test for dangerous form of E.coli developed by Irish scientists
Technology predicted to help protect people drinking water from private sources including groundwater wells
New national water action plan to curb pollution and flooding approved by Cabinet
New approach to have significant implications for farmers as it will allow for revisions to controversial 1945 Arterial Drainage Act
Uisce Éireann requests €400m from State to boost utility’s €1.4bn budget
Company asks for extra funds amid industry warnings that water projects inflation is compromising housing delivery
Review of CEO pay in commercial State firms looks at rates in private sector
High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talent
Keir Starmer’s Labour may be about to show Ireland how it’s done
The risk is that by the time there is a wider acceptance of the need to move more quickly on vital infrastructure projects, it will be too late
Ireland badly needs to invest in infrastructure. That means more tax
Much of the cost of vital water, transport and energy investment falls to the Irish State, and that means more tax
How concerned should we be about our ‘at risk’ public water supplies?
Those exposed to poor supplies are consuming water with potentially serious health consequences
Cork’s orange water: ‘We are at our wits’ end with it. It is an urgent health risk’
Families in Cork have had undrinkable, discoloured water coming out of their taps for years
Half a million people now served by ‘at risk’ public water supplies
Deterioration in supplies due in the main to sustained problems of hazardous THMs and parasite cryptosporidium
Cabinet approves move to progress controversial Shannon-to-Dublin water pipeline
Project estimated to cost up to €6bn ‘critical to securing Ireland’s economic growth and housing needs’ – Uisce Éireann
Dublin region will need over 33% more water than system can provide within 20 years
Project to channel water from river Shannon vital to secure supply, says Uisce Éireann
Court allows Monkstown locals to challenge 387-home scheme they say could affect bathing waters
The applicants secured “leave” of the court to pursue their claims
Worrying lack of progress in water quality, says EPA
Water bodies will not improve until urban and agricultural nutrients are reduced, watchdog says
Our new new combi-boiler breaks down every night. What can we do?
Property Clinic: We have to manually switch our boiler on to heat our home or have a shower
Tánaiste admits ‘significant’ issue with water quality in Cork city
Micheál Martin calls on Uisce Eireann to give customers timeline for fixing problem causing discolouration
Privatising monopoly public utilities makes no sense
Experience in UK and with Eir is that private owners don’t invest in networks but just saddle companies with debt and take dividends
Anglers oppose new home plans over fears of sewage overflow into river
Kells anglers have taken two separate judicial review cases over separate developments approved by An Bord Pleanála
No ‘do not drink’ notices have ever been imposed on public water supplies due to toxic chemical levels
Uisce Éireann to issue explanatory booklets to almost 300,000 people served by supplies with high levels of THMs
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