10 September 2019: The detection of Cryptosporidium in public drinking water supplies has increased over the past three years, a new Environmental Protection Agency report has found. An analysis of the quality of public drinking water supplies in 2018 shows that while overall quality remains high, the incidence of Cryptosporidium Read more…
November 23rd, 2018 Fifty-one small private water supplies serving the likes of nursing homes, crèches and hotels tested positive for E. Coli in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found. A new report on private water supplies from the watchdog warns that the quality of drinking water provided from Read more…
October 3rd, 2018 Irish Water is set to write to 140,000 homes and businesses over concerns about drinking water quality over the coming weeks. The concerned supplies are on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of 55 ‘at risk’ water supplies across 16 counties where drinking water quality is poor. Read more…
August 15th, 2018 A group of skilled international divers will arrive in Ireland next month to clear ghost fishing gear threatening marine life along Ireland’s coast. Arriving in September, a team of six volunteer divers from the Ghost Fishing Foundation and the Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine (GRD) will be Read more…
July 3rd, 2018 Ireland’s warmest summer since the mid-seventies has brought the average citizen out to enjoy the pleasures of the unexpectedly high temperatures. However, the warm weather and lack of rain are proving a big problem for some, bringing financial hardship upon the farming community and devastation for upland Read more…
May 18th, 2018 The UK Government has announced that it aims to find suitable alternatives to wet wipes that can be disposed of easier by consumers despite media reports that it planned to ban them outright. A recent report by Water UK found that 93 per cent of material causing Read more…
Over 700 fish were found dead in the Curraheen River, County Cork, on Saturday morning.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) have begun an investigation into a sewage spillage on the tributary of the River Lee, which has led to the death of 700 Brown Trout, Salmon and Sea Trout.
27th of July, 2016 Irish Water revealed today that some 180,000 Irish homes are believed to have lead pipes which could damage your health. Irish water announced plans to control lead contamination in Ireland. By 2026 they want to have replaced lead pipes in the 180,000 homes suspected of having lead Read more…
magine a system for funding water that doesn’t land Ireland with fines, achieves water conservation goals and actually gives money back to families that conserve it.
It’s called ‘fee and dividend’ and it works by charging people for the water they use and every year giving the amount of the average bill back to the homeowner.
This means that households who use more than the average have to pay for water and those who use less actually make money.
In the final analysis of the environmental protection and climate mitigation policies to which political parties commit in their manifestos, we examine the Labour party and the Green party.
