# e-coli - Tuesday 22 February, 2022
# EPA
The agency said 20 of the 380 private group schemes, which serve more than 2,900 people, failed to meet the standard relating to E. coli bacteria. Twenty-two private group schemes also failed to meet the standard for Trihalomethanes (THM). Over a quarter of small private supplies, serving food businesses, nursing homes, crèches and B&Bs, were not monitored at all in 2020.
# e-coli - Tuesday 20 July, 2021
# Skerries
# Skerries
South Strand Skerries itself remains open.
# e-coli - Monday 29 March, 2021
# VTEC
# VTEC
The outbreak affected young children in a single setting.
# e-coli - Tuesday 25 August, 2020
# Swim Time
# Swim Time
The council said the water is “once again of its usual excellent standard”.
# e-coli - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
# Water Supply
# Water Supply
Almost 20% of Ireland’s population is supplied by private water supplies, including household wells.
# e-coli - Thursday 15 November, 2018
# Recall
# Recall
Point-of-sale notices will be displayed in locations where the implicated milk has been sold.
# e-coli - Tuesday 3 July, 2018
# Careful Now
# Careful Now
The number of cases is over three times as high as this time last year.
# e-coli - Wednesday 23 May, 2018
# Don't Go Into The Water
# Don't Go Into The Water
The high levels are linked to runoffs from recent rainfall.
# e-coli - Friday 14 July, 2017
# Offaly
# Offaly
A full investigation is being carried out into the cause of the outbreak.
# e-coli - Friday 30 June, 2017
# Something In The Water
# Something In The Water
The council has urged the public not to swim in the water until Monday.
# e-coli - Monday 7 November, 2016
# Tipperary
# Tipperary
Over 50 premises were affected in Burncourt, including a national school.
# e-coli - Monday 5 September, 2016
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
The strain also made 20 people ill.
# e-coli - Thursday 21 April, 2016
# IT Sligo
# IT Sligo
The nanotechnology has a 99.9% kill rate.
# e-coli - Sunday 22 February, 2015
# Kettles To Boyle
# Kettles To Boyle
The EPA thinks Irish Water should act more quickly.
# e-coli - Friday 21 November, 2014
# Water Supply
# Water Supply
The two Cork-based scientific organisations said there is a clear demand to ensure our water supply is safe.
# e-coli - Monday 10 November, 2014
# Grim
# Grim
Meet Conor, Padraig, Brian and Paddy.
# e-coli - Tuesday 28 October, 2014
# Golan Heights
# Golan Heights
The troops are part of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights.
# e-coli - Saturday 26 July, 2014
# e-coli - Saturday 24 May, 2014
# e-coli - Thursday 20 June, 2013
# No Bathing
# No Bathing
There’s a ‘no bathing’ order at Fountainstown, while precautionary warnings have been issued for three other beaches.
# e-coli - Thursday 21 February, 2013
# Cork
# Cork
The crèche is closed as a precaution to prevent the spread of the infection.
# e-coli - Saturday 20 October, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Food Safety
# Food Safety
Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency says over 200 people may have contracted the bug from Flicks restaurant.
# e-coli - Friday 31 August, 2012
# Balbriggan
# Balbriggan
The beach was closed earlier this week after raw sewage was discharged into the sea.
# e-coli - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
# E.coli
# E.coli
Seven Cork beaches, including three in Youghal, have been affected by the high levels of E.coli found in the water last week.
# e-coli - Monday 20 August, 2012
# E.coli
# E.coli
Seven beaches were declared unsafe for swimming over the weekend over concerns about E.coli levels.
# e-coli - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
# Contaminated
# Contaminated
Residents of Clonmel have been issued with a boil notice, while certain restrictions are still in place across Dublin as well.
# e-coli - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
# Dublin Water
# Dublin Water
And read why one local resident in the Clontarf area is hoping for a particularly speedy resolution…
# e-coli - Thursday 9 August, 2012
# Water
# Water
Authorities have released further information on the contamination of water in Clontarf.
# e-coli - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
# e-coli - Saturday 21 July, 2012
# Open For Business
# Open For Business
The Blue Flags have been restored at Lahinch and Kilkee.
# e-coli - Friday 20 July, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Public Safety
# Public Safety
The beaches at Lahinch, Kilkee and Spanish Point have all been closed after traces of the bacteria were found.
# e-coli - Friday 30 March, 2012
# e-coli - Friday 16 December, 2011
# Bottled Water
# Bottled Water
Microbiological tests of bottled water shows that standards have improved in the past number of years – however, two per cent of samples are still classed as “unsafe”.
# e-coli - Saturday 12 November, 2011
# E-coli
# E-coli
A sample of Irish cheese tested positive for the bug in South Africa – prompting calls for an embargo on Irish dairy imports.
# e-coli - Tuesday 18 October, 2011
# E-coli
# E-coli
The HSE said it hoped the childminding facility could reopen soon.
# e-coli - Saturday 10 September, 2011
# Raw Milk
# Raw Milk
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland believes banning the sale of unpasteurised milk makes sense – but not everyone agrees.
# e-coli - Tuesday 5 July, 2011
Officials are warning people not to grow or eat their own sprouts as infected seeds are thought to still be in circulation.