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Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

The ESB was accordingly designed from the beginning in 1927 as a State-wide monopoly company, initially to develop hydro resources starting with the Shannon scheme.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

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Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

NEWS 13 December 2025

Funding of €700,000 to restore Lady's Island lake in Wexford

Funding of €700,000 to restore Lady's Island lake in Wexford

NEWS 21 November 2025

TB costs have dominated departmental resources for 2026, says Minister Heydon

TB costs have dominated departmental resources for 2026, says Minister Heydon

TB costs have dominated departmental resources for 2026, says Minister Heydon

NEWS 15 November 2025

€40m in grants for private well repairs

€40m in grants for private well repairs

€40m in grants for private well repairs

SCHEMES 13 November 2025

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Concern over tax treatment of farmer compensation for Shannon pipeline

Concern over tax treatment of farmer compensation for Shannon pipeline

Around 500 landowners are to be effected by plans to construct a 172km steel pipeline from the Parteen basin on the River Shannon to a termination reservoir on the Kildare-Dublin border.

NEWS 8 September 2025

Uisce Éireann convicted over pollution of Cavan river and told to pay €7,000

Uisce Éireann convicted over pollution of Cavan river and told to pay €7,000

Uisce Éireann has been told to pay a €3,500 fine and €4,158 in costs in connection with the incident.

NEWS 8 September 2025

€42m in Budget 2026 for water quality projects

€42m in Budget 2026 for water quality projects

The funding will cater for the Farming for Water EIP and the implementation of urban nature-based solutions.

NEWS 8 September 2025

Half of Uisce Éireann's wastewater treatments plants fail to meet standard

Half of Uisce Éireann's wastewater treatments plants fail to meet standard

Stark figures from the Environmental Protection Agency reveal how Ireland's wastewater treatment plants are harming water quality in rivers, estuaries, lakes and coastal waters.

NEWS 8 September 2025

No specific factors found for cause of Blackwater fish kill

No specific factors found for cause of Blackwater fish kill

Minister Dooley said that it is deeply regrettable that the extensive work carried out to get to the bottom of the Blackwater fish kill has not yielded any definitive results.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 8 September 2025

Farmer compensation deal for water pipeline

Farmer compensation deal for water pipeline

A deal has been struck between farming organisations and Usice Éireann on the farmer compensation package on offer for the planned Shannon to Dublin water pipeline.

NEWS 8 September 2025

Further lab results expected from Blackwater fish kill this week

Further lab results expected from Blackwater fish kill this week

The fourth meeting of an inter-agency group collaborating to establish the cause of fish mortalities in the River Blackwater catchment was held on Monday.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 8 September 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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