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
Fisheries officer tells court stretch of Owenbaun stream carpeted with fungal material, which suffocated invertebrate life
Water utility admits it let polyaluminum chloride enter Allow river at Freemount near Kanturk last June leading to fishkill
Work continues to return transport, electricity and water services to normal after Ireland hit by strongest winds for four years
Uisce Éireann ‘must prioritise’ prompt delivery of essential works at locations highlighted by the agency
The debacle points to a worrying weakness in terms of Irish Rail’s operational capacity
Seen & Heard: WaterWipes approach, Uisce Éireann investment warning, Ornua’s marketing spend for Kerrygold and Metabolomics Diagnostics sold
Whatever about the health benefits of the water itself, drinking it from a plastic bottle can be dodgy
Uisce Éireann says €118m investment will boost supply for housing, hospitals and Dublin Airport
Budget 2025: €3bn raised this year from the sale of AIB shares earmarked for infrastructure and development
Seen & Heard: Eamon Waters planning woes, Foreign investment complacency, and SimpleStudy secures new funding
Hair is natural, it can hardly be an environmental hazard? Or can it?
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 Chamber publishes its pre-budget submission on Monday
Construction Industry Federation budget submission says more resources for water supply and planning are needed
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
Saggart reservoir to Ballymore Eustace pipeline supplies one-third of drinking water to the Greater Dublin area
Technology predicted to help protect people drinking water from private sources including groundwater wells
New approach to have significant implications for farmers as it will allow for revisions to controversial 1945 Arterial Drainage Act
Company asks for extra funds amid industry warnings that water projects inflation is compromising housing delivery
High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talent
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
Much of the cost of vital water, transport and energy investment falls to the Irish State, and that means more tax
Those exposed to poor supplies are consuming water with potentially serious health consequences
Families in Cork have had undrinkable, discoloured water coming out of their taps for years
Deterioration in supplies due in the main to sustained problems of hazardous THMs and parasite cryptosporidium
Project estimated to cost up to €6bn ‘critical to securing Ireland’s economic growth and housing needs’ – Uisce Éireann
Project to channel water from river Shannon vital to secure supply, says Uisce Éireann
The applicants secured “leave” of the court to pursue their claims
Water bodies will not improve until urban and agricultural nutrients are reduced, watchdog says
Property Clinic: We have to manually switch our boiler on to heat our home or have a shower
Micheál Martin calls on Uisce Eireann to give customers timeline for fixing problem causing discolouration
Experience in UK and with Eir is that private owners don’t invest in networks but just saddle companies with debt and take dividends
Kells anglers have taken two separate judicial review cases over separate developments approved by An Bord Pleanála
Uisce Éireann to issue explanatory booklets to almost 300,000 people served by supplies with high levels of THMs
Ballymacraven river may never recover from pollution that killed thousands of fish, an incident that highlights an even wider problem as the State’s water treatment infrastructure creaks under growing pressure
Water demand in the region is on a knife edge, making the prospect of tapping into the Shannon the only long-term solution
Water is a key infrastructural requirement and a shortage of it would threaten the capital’s attractiveness to investors. But should fixing our leaky pipe system not be more of a priority than siphoning flow?
Risk from drinking untreated water outweighs any possible risks from long-term exposure to trihalomethanes, HSE says
Chlorine helps ensure safe drinking water, but organic matter can react with the chlorine to form trihalomethanes
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European Court of Justice decision notes affected supplies are ‘by definition, a potential danger to human health’
The Irish water utility has jobs in front-line operations, science and engineering, administration, communications, management and IT
Nearly 240,000 people across Ireland drinking water with elevated toxin levels, latest figures show
Dublin City Council and Bathing Water Taskforce share concerns over potential pollution
Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger in High Court says university’s student accommodation satisfies definition of ‘dwelling’ in 2013 Water Services Act, meaning it should not be charged for water services
Government has not set a date for imposing charges for using excessive amounts of water
Seawalls and sanitation systems constructed in the 19th century have fallen well below the needs of a much larger population
Deterioration of landscape and urban run-off putting heaping strain on river system
Irish waters are awash with our own excrement. Historic underinvestment is blamed, so why are some upgraded plants still pumping out raw sewage?
Uisce Éireann must introduce new investment plan to ‘end pollution of our rivers and coastal waters from wastewater’
Clean Coasts and Uisce Éireann urge public to ‘think before you flush’ in light of increased levels of inappropriate disposal of wipes and sanitary waste
Budget 2024: State water company Uisce Éireann will get €1.6bn next year for the operation, repair and upgrading of the Republic’s supply networks
An Taisce warns bloom is an early warning sign for pollution which hit Lough Neagh
State utility predicts a separate greater Dublin drainage plan may not get permission before 2025
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