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Irish Water
The hosepipe ban kicks in from today - here's what it means
9 Jun 2020
40.2k
80
Irish Water
National hosepipe ban to kick in tomorrow and last until 21 July
Updated 8 Jun 2020
59.3k
199
Irish Water
Poll: Have you curbed your water use after the hosepipe ban warnings?
4 Jun 2020
30.0k
123
Irish Water
Hosepipe ban 'increasingly likely' due to prolonged period of dry weather
1 Jun 2020
34.3k
85
reduce
Irish Water asks people to conserve as households now use 20% more water each day
12 May 2020
20.2k
112
21 instances
Irish Water staff threatened with machete and pelted with rocks
15 Apr 2020
27.5k
73
Irish Water
People told to not leave tap running or flush wipes down the toilet amid Covid-19 crisis
18 Mar 2020
34.0k
25
Coronavirus
Irish Water asking people to conserve water where possible, including in out-of-use buildings
16 Mar 2020
37.4k
75
Data Protection
Plans to charge 58,000 people with excessive water usage delayed over privacy concerns
24 Feb 2020
28.4k
71
the story of water
Irish Water brand 'badly damaged' and 'continually politicised', brief for TV doc says
18 Feb 2020
18.4k
53
Well well well
Bacteria and turbidity: Young Scientists develop solution to monitoring private wells
11 Jan 2020
10.8k
3
Irish Water
Sewage that could fill two Olympic swimming pools flowed into Malahide marina, court hears
18 Dec 2019
17.1k
fatbergs
Don't pour fats and oils from your Christmas turkey down sink due to fatberg risk, campaign urges
17 Dec 2019
18.0k
31
manganese levels
'Do Not Consume' water notice issued in Cavan after supply 'significantly compromised'
14 Dec 2019
15.9k
45
record levels
Irish Water appeals for people in Dublin area to conserve water over Christmas as demand peaks
11 Dec 2019
16.2k
85
Irish Water
Wastewater may be discharged into Dublin Bay following breakdown at Ringsend plant
4 Dec 2019
16.0k
24
Irish Water
Boil water notice in place for 9,500 people in Cork
27 Nov 2019
15.3k
9
Hot Water
Irish Water website crashed after boil water notice when just 5,000 people tried to log on
23 Nov 2019
17.5k
33
cathedral road
Roads affected by burst water main in Cork city will be closed for 'at least' one or two days
18 Nov 2019
29.9k
5
Clonshaugh
Major wastewater treatment plant gets go ahead in north Dublin despite local opposition
13 Nov 2019
19.3k
28
Irish Water
Raw sewage from 77,000 people in Ireland flowing into environment every day
13 Nov 2019
27.8k
47
Drinking Water
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Meath lifted with immediate effect
12 Nov 2019
56.2k
64
Testing
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in greater Dublin area to remain in place until at least Tuesday
8 Nov 2019
17.6k
35
boil water notice
Irish Water boss says he can't rule out further repeats of large-scale boil water notices
8 Nov 2019
15.7k
79
boundary changes
Boil water notice remains in place but Irish Water says maps of affected areas 'will be refined'
Updated 7 Nov 2019
48.7k
52
Heavy Rain
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in greater Dublin area to remain in place
6 Nov 2019
24.2k
25
Boil Notice
Boil water notice to remain in place for a number of days in parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath
5 Nov 2019
22.7k
62
Boil water
Boil water notice returns for parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath due to bad weather
Updated 4 Nov 2019
177k
133
Leixlip
'Small black particles' at Irish Water plant led to boil water notice for 600,000 people last week
31 Oct 2019
38.4k
44
in the pipes
Dublin area boil water notice remains in place but Irish Water hopes for 'some positive news'
25 Oct 2019
16.2k
87
boil water notice
Dublin boil water notice to remain in place for at least another day
23 Oct 2019
33.1k
21
Irish Water
Why is a boil water notice in place and what could happen if you drink it?
23 Oct 2019
59.4k
48
in the pipeline
Ireland is losing 43% of its drinking water in leaks - and has just gotten the data to start fixing the problem
13 Oct 2019
27.9k
79
Ringsend
Irish Water warns about further bad smells in Dublin following delay in repair works at treatment plant
28 Aug 2019
9.3k
15
stench
Irish Water warns about potential smells from Ringsend treatment plant in the coming days
19 Aug 2019
22.2k
47
sewage spill
Questions over this weekend's Liffey Swim after water samples found to be "exceptionally poor"
Updated 2 Aug 2019
34.5k
50
Irish Water
Sewer debris discharges into River Liffey after heavy downpours yesterday
31 Jul 2019
36.3k
43
Grand Canal
Temporary dam to be built after Grand Canal partially drains following collapsed sewer
24 Jul 2019
29.7k
32
drumcondra road
Irish Water restores supply in north Dublin after 'major burst' left households with low pressure
22 Jul 2019
8.1k
9
drumcondra road
'Major burst' leaves people without water in north Dublin
21 Jul 2019
40.8k
60
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