Irish Water

Over 560 estates with developer-provided infrastructure not linked to public services

Environmental services group buying wastewater specialist for more than €10m

Environmental Protection Agency says health at risk with 20 years needed for solution

Utility company plans to charge €106 per student as campus residences reclassified

Tom Parlon calls for investment in capital infrastructure to support housing plans

Rebuilding trust following recent illnesses requires the bringing of all water services under the remit of Irish Water

At least 52 people around Gorey have become ill following failures at two plants

Problems emerged at Ballymore Eustace in Kildare and Creagh in Gorey, Co Wexford

Wexford Treatment plant failure led to 52 confirmed illnesses, number of hospitalisations

‘Reality is somebody is going to have to advance a serious amount of money to Irish Water’

Experts have criticised the amount of treated water that is being lost in a creaking network

Public urged to ‘redouble efforts in conserving water in home, in garden, at work’

Call to conserve after number of regional reservoirs come under pressure in recent days

Delay in implementing the charge has been attributed to the change of government and to Covid

Trade union Fórsa says ‘forced coercion’ of employees out of local authorities will be fought

Country still suffers from ‘high water losses and hot spots of low drinking water quality’