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Irish Water too slow at replacing lead pipes – EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency has criticised Irish Water for being too slow to replace lead pipes. The environmental group said that it will be 24 years before the lead pipes under Irish Water’s control are replaced, based on the current rate. ...

07 Oct 2022 at 14:00

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'Almost a million people using the toilet as a bin' - Irish public urged to 'think before you flush'

Irish Water and Clean Coasts are urging the public to continue to ‘Think Before You Flush’ as alarmingly a recent survey has revealed that almost a million adults living in Ireland continue to regularly flush wipes and other sanitary items down the ...

03 Oct 2022 at 12:27

National News

Concern voiced over number of long-term boil water notices

Concern has been expressed by the Water Advisory Body (WAB) that 20 out of the 21 boil water notices in place at the end of the first thee months of this year are long-term - exceeding 30 days. This means that the solution to fix the problem with ...

16 Aug 2022 at 16:26

National News

Drinking water supplies remain low after recent heatwave

Recent heavy rain in some areas of the country has done little to solve the problem of low drinking water supplies. Water conservation is now being advised with people asked to reduce water use where possible as supplies remain low in several ...

18 Aug 2022 at 10:49

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Irish Water under fire over upsurge in south Longford outages

The plea was one which was aired at last week's monthly meeting of Ballymahon Municipal District by a number of local representatives. Cllr Paul Ross said he was particularly perturbed at how anticipated interruptions are relayed to both ...

04 Aug 2022 at 11:00

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Water outages forces Longford school to close four times

Ardagh National School, the Leader has learned, sacrificed four school days over the course of the academic year as a result of breakdowns in supply levels. Vice Principal John Higgins told this newspaper how parents and teachers are ...

03 Aug 2022 at 09:00

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Longford school hit by water outages

Irish Water has been branded a “disgrace” after a Longford national school was forced to send pupils home on four separate occasions because of unnanouced water outages. Ardagh National School, the Leader has learned, sacrificed ...

03 Aug 2022 at 09:00

National News

Households encouraged to conserve water as new survey reveals over half admit to wasting it

Research commissioned by Irish Water shows that over half of Irish households (53%) admit to wasting water, even though some eight in ten (78%) know it is important to take steps to conserve it. The research released on ...

11 May 2022 at 17:57

Local News

Have your say on Irish Water's draft Regional Water Resources Plan for the Eastern and Midlands Region

Irish Water’s statutory public consultation on its draft Regional Water Resources Plan for the Eastern and Midlands (RWRP-EM) Region will continue to run until March 14, 2022. The three-month public consultation began ...

31 Jan 2022 at 12:35

National News

Irish Water issues hosepipe ban for West Cork

A four-week hosepipe ban is to come into effect for West Cork from midnight on Tuesday, after “unprecedented low” rainfall levels and increased demand from tourism and agriculture put water supplies in the area under ...

29 Aug 2022 at 16:12

National News

Irish Water too slow at replacing lead pipes – EPA

07 Oct 2022 at 01:01

National News

New EPA report shows quality of drinking water continues to improve

The quality of Ireland's drinking water supplies continues to improve. That's according to comments made by an Irish Water spokeswoman following publication of the latest Drinking Water Report by the ...

07 Oct 2022 at 12:35

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