Irish Water in court over Co Louth sewage waste discharge

Utility given an extra week to decide how it will plead to charges linked to Tinure plant

Irish Water has been given an extra week to decide how it will plead in a prosecution brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the utility's failure to ensure sewage waste from a treatment plant did not cause pollution.

The utility company is being prosecuted by the EPA and the case was listed again before Judge John O'Neill at Dublin District Court on Monday. Irish Water faces three charges of breaching the Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations 2007.

The prosecution relates to the sewage scheme waste water treatment plant at Tinure in Co Louth.

It is alleged that from May 22nd until June 3rd last year Irish Water failed to notify the agency of an incident there.

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It is also alleged Irish Water did not operate in accordance with best practice to ensure that discharge from the works did not cause environmental pollution.

Judge O’Neill has been told that the EPA has provided disclosure.

He adjourned the case for a week when Irish Water will have to enter a plea to the charges or possibly have a hearing date set.