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Pesticide users urged to take extra care ahead of spraying season

It only takes one drop of pesticide to impact a drinking water source. Uisce Éireann and the National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group in reminder to pesticide users.

NEWS 24 April 2026

Pesticide users urged to take extra care ahead of spraying season

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Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

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

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

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€40m in grants for private well repairs

€40m in grants for private well repairs

Around 10% of households in Ireland get their drinking water from private wells.

SCHEMES 10 September 2025

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 September 2025

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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