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Irish Water customers are being advised to conserve water supply until further notice, due to the burst on the water main. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg

Thousands still without water in northeast after burst mains

Households are being advised to conserve water supply until further notice

Shared airspace: wetland birds fly over the Llobregat wetlands; Barcelona airport is in the background. Photograph: Juan Ramón Lucena Santacreu

A wildlife playground on life support

Only fragments of Barcelona’s Llobregat Delta remain. Can it be saved?

A 30ft model of a warship made entirely of plastic marine litter on Marazion Beach in Cornwall. The ship was made by campaign group Surfers Against Sewage, to highlight the growing threat of throwaway plastic. Photograph: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire.

Enough plastic produced since 1950 ‘to cover Argentina’

Study says 8bn metric tonnes of product manufactured with 79% sent to landfill or litter

Clay Farm is just one of four sites in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area to secure government funding for major infrastructure work

First fast-tracked development plans almost 1,000 Dublin homes

Viscount Securities wants to build 571 apartments and 363 houses at Clay Farm

The site of the Old Mill in Julianstown, Co Meath: council declared it derelict in 2008 but did not place it on the derelict sites register

Council to take steps to address derelict Old Mill site in Meath

Protected structure in Julianstown fell into disrepair after closure of hotel a decade ago

Some 14 per cent of work permit breaches on fishing vessels related to ‘working without permission’. Photograph: Getty

Almost 200 breaches of work permits on fishing boats detected

Workplace Relations Commission starts five prosecutions where ‘compliance’ not secured

A previous fish kill on the Tolka. People have been urged to take care with what they put into the sewage network. Photograph: Alan Betson

More than 500 fish killed in Tolka over discarded tyre

Blocked sewage network overflowed into river, killing trout, stoneloach and minnow

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting Zika, sit in a petri dish at a research institute. File photograph: AP

Alphabet science unit to target Zika carrying insects with 20m mosquitoes

Doctored mosquitoes will be released in bid to kill off disease-carrying cousin

Motorists may have to drive slower on motorways under climate plan

Cabinet to discuss the strategy to ‘de-carbonise’ the economy during day-long meeting

Lightning over the cathedral in Galway on Tuesday night. Photograph: Paul Wilson

Yellow weather warning issued with risk of floods and thunder

ESB says 10,000 customers without electricity after storms on Tuesday night

Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades, a US study warned. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

First half of 2017 was world’s second hottest on record

Globally June was the third warmest on record going back to 1880

Gull numbers have declined because of human behaviour, but people complain the birds are a nuisance in urban areas. Photograph: Getty Images

Gull control: bird 'swooped and took chip from baby’s mouth'

Documents reveal extent of lobbying over gulls in North Dublin

Denis Naughten hopes the plan, which his department describes as a “living document”, will kick off a national dialogue. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Cabinet to discuss ‘enormous social change’ needed to decarbonise economy

Castletown House in Co Kildare is venue for Cabinet’s first ‘away day’ planning session

Biologist Kevin Flannery on the ‘Cu Na Mara’ boat in Dingle to collect the giant squid. Photograph: Domnick Walsh

Rare giant squid brought up in fisherman’s nets off Kerry

Second giant squid discovery near Dingle since May

Weever fish stings can cause severe pain

Warnings over poisonous weever fish during good weather and spring tides

Poison from sting can be excruciating and cause discomfort for a fortnight

Cloud and showery rain will replace blue skies on Wednesday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Glorious weather to give way to spot flooding from tomorrow

Tuesday night to herald a change in conditions with rain expected

Water charges cost: sending out the refund letters will cost €1m

The saga of the charges and conservation grant will cost the State around €120m

Leo Varadkar said all householders who paid water bills would be refunded by Christmas

Taoiseach says water grant too difficult to recoup

Some 190,000 households who paid no water bills availed of €100 grant

Radek and Iga enjoy the sunshine on the beach at Balbriggan in May this year. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Hot, sunny weather forecast as temperatures set to reach 27 degrees

Tuesday set to be a scorcher before humidity turns to rain by the end of the week

Irish Water gave the notice last Wednesday after the discovery of E coli and total coliforms

Boil water notice for 10,000 Offaly households lifted

Discovery of E coli and total coliforms last Wednesday led to notice being issued

Kate Bush lookalike fans gathered for a group performance of the ‘Wuthering Heights’ dance routine, as Dublin celebrated ‘The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever’ this weekend. Pictured is Kate Slattery (7) from Artane, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

‘Sunny everywhere’: Weekend to finish with highs of 22 degrees

Final day of Longitude will see over-cast conditions clear to give dry, bright weather

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