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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

Local News

More than 33,000 people in Donegal using the toilet as a bin

While we take pride in our natural environment and Blue Flag beaches here in Donegal, we're still not taking the impacts of flushing the wrong things down the toilet seriously. We give out about this waste ending up on our beaches but what are we ...

03 Oct 2022 at 13:58

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 ...

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 ...

18 Aug 2022 at 10:49

Local News

Water supply disruption expected due to mains repair work on Inch

Mains repair work is expected to cause disruption to the water supply on Inch on Monday and Tuesday. Irish Water says the mains repair works, which are part of the national leakage reduction programme, may cause supply disruptions to ...

07 Aug 2022 at 11:22

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 Wednesday ...

11 May 2022 at 17:57

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Sanitary products washing up on beach

There is mounting concern about the poor water quality in the Lisfannon area of Inishowen. Lawyer and former Senator, Catherine Noone, who lives in the area, said sewage from the houses in Lisfannon was effectively going ...

01 Jun 2022 at 13:00

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Water outages increasing in Inishowen

Irish Water needs to invest significantly on infrastructure regarding the replacement of public water mains throughout Donegal. Donegal County Councillor Martin Farren's motion on the issue was passed unanimously at ...

07 Apr 2022 at 13:05

Local News

Buncrana can look forward to improved water supply - Irish Water claims

Homes and businesses in Castlenacor, Buncrana can look forward to a more reliable water supply with water mains upgrade works due to get underway in the coming weeks. Irish Water, working in partnership with ...

01 Feb 2022 at 13:54

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Improved water supply for Umrycam

Homes and businesses in the Umrycam area, of Buncrana can look forward to a more reliable water supply. According to Councillor Rena Donaghey (Fianna Fáil) water mains upgrade works are planned for the area ...

01 Feb 2022 at 19:04

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 ...

29 Aug 2022 at 16:12

National News

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 ...

07 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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