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
Watching 9/11 unfold: A scene of endless horror
Conor O’Clery recalls how viewing the Twin Towers attack left a lasting sense of guilt and inadequacy in the face of catastrophe
Landlord welcomes High Court quashing of ruling over students’ Covid house parties
Residents had taken legal action over noise pollution at landlord’s properties near UCC
EU drive to clean up polluted waters has special importance for Ireland
Michael Viney: State’s star conservation invertebrate is the freshwater pearl mussel
Another Life: Here comes the sunfish
Michael Viney: Mola mola, with its appetite for jellyfish, are in warmer Irish waters
Judge gives landlord a week to halt Covid-19 parties near UCC
Local residents took private prosecutions against Fachtna O’Reilly over noise pollution
The Irish Times view on smoky coal ban: State must not back down
Government plans for a State-wide ban should not be deflected by threats of litigation by producers
Irish Times view on water supply problems: a system undone by basic flaws
Irish Water has become the whipping boy but responsibility for treatment plants remains exclusively with local authorities
Dáil told boil water notice to be lifted by the weekend
Government criticised over decision not to send tankers for 600,000 affected people
The Irish Times view on Dublin’s water problems: a political failure
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
Angling Notes: Welsh move to protect salmon and sea trout stocks
Emergency by-laws will come into effect on January 1st, 2019
Irish Times view on protecting bathing water quality
Environmental Protection Agency does not expect tangible improvement before 2021
Water quality: A grave threat to public health
It’s a case of back to the future, when inadequate government funding for local authority services produced a dreadful mess
Some 6,300km of water mains at risk of rupture
Even if main water pipes are not rupturing they are certainly leaking
Oireachtas committee split on prosecutions for wasting water
Amended Act should allow for legal action against householders, says draft report
Meat is madness: why it leads to global warming and obesity
Eating fewer animals would save millions of lives – and cut our carbon footprint
Irish Water makes progress on bathing water quality
Responsibility for water services should not be restored to local authorities
Cosmetic changes on climate change response by Ireland
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill falls short in many respects, particularly when “national interests” are involved
The continuing threat of lead poisoning underlines the scale of shortcomings in Irish water quality
Threat to health of consumers may be greater than previously anticipated
Irish water quality in the danger zone
Scale of deficit supplies will require billions of euro in investment
Coveney accused of misleading public over dairy expansion
Minister’s claim that dairy herd could be expanded while maintaining carbon footprint disputed
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