Energy & Environment
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A single public water utility to secure future growth
Seven years into its existence, Irish Water faces into a significant decade as the country deals with ageing infrastructure and…
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A draft framework plan to manage drinking water supplies for next 25 years
Ireland is not a water stressed country. Two days of rainfall provides enough water to meet public water demand for…
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The value of economic regulation of the water sector
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is the independent economic regulator of the public water sector in Ireland. We…
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Water and the Programme for Government
Some of the more notable promises contained within the Programme for Government (PfG) agreed by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and…
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Flood management
Recent flooding in Leitrim, west Cork and Kerry has brought Ireland’s flood management provisions into focus once again. eolas examines…
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Addressing Ireland’s flood risk
Flooding poses a significant risk to many lives, livelihoods, properties and our environment. Those who have experienced flooding events have…
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Data centre water usage
Plans by the coalition government to develop “efficiency standards for equipment and processes” of data centres could include tighter controls…
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Reflections on a new Water Abstraction Regime
The EU Water Framework Directive required member states to introduce regulatory abstraction regimes for water. Ireland has not yet done…
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Storms cause rise in seaside bacterial levels
Swimming bans and advisory notices have been put in place across many popular beaches throughout Ireland after poor water quality…
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A new ‘greener’ government or a government of ‘silos’?
Climate action and environmental policy feature much in the Programme for Government. However, with three jostling parties making up the…
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