Sean Laffey
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Irish Water sets course for development of 25-year plan for drinking water
- Environment
- December 8, 2020, 19:56
Substantial population increases in major Irish cities and surrounding suburbs over the coming decades will create huge demand for drinking water, acc(...)

Irish Water granted permission for €500m north Dublin sewage plant
- Environment
- November 13, 2019, 12:22
A €500 million regional sewage treatment plant to process the waste of 500,000 people across the greater Dublin area, has been granted permission by A(...)

National water supply has world-leader potential, says Irish Water
- Irish News
- July 18, 2019, 01:00
Irish Water has strongly defended its plan to extract water from the Shannon to serve much of the east coast, including Dublin. It has also rejected s(...)

One in four believe no need to conserve water in Ireland due to amount of rain
- Environment
- July 17, 2019, 00:01
More than half of people admit to wasting water but a quarter do not believe they need to conserve water due to the level of rainfall in Ireland, acco(...)

Water supplies in Dublin are on a knife-edge with shortages set to increase due to a combination of population growth and climate change, a leading cl(...)

Young children warned not to play in sand at Dublin beaches after sewerage overflow
- Environment
- June 8, 2019, 04:00
Children under five should not play in sand at Dublin beaches where warnings not to swim are in place this weekend, a specialist in public health medi(...)

Dublin sewage overflow happened ‘as it should happen’, says Irish Water
- Environment
- June 7, 2019, 13:13
Sewage overflows at Irish Water’s Ringsend water treatment plant happen around 15 times a year, but mostly in winter, the utility has said. The enti(...)

New sewage plant needed to divert load from Ringsend, hearing told
- Environment
- March 20, 2019, 13:16
More than 34,000 submissions were made in relation to the development of a new regional sewage plant for Dublin – most of which were objections to the(...)

The Irish Times view on water infrastructure: a threat to public health
- Editorial
- October 26, 2018, 00:02
The health of a large section of the Irish public is being put at risk because investment in waste water treatment infrastructure is not happening qui(...)

Shannon critical for ‘reliable, long-term’ Dublin water supply
- Environment
- April 24, 2018, 00:01
Existing water supply sources “do not have the capacity or resilience to meet future requirements of homes and businesses in Dublin and the midlands”,(...)