# sewage - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
Irish Water pleaded guilty to offences under the Waste Water Discharge regulations.
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# sewage - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
Opponents to the plant have said they are ready to initiate a judicial review in the High Court.
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# sewage - Friday 2 August, 2019
Dublin City Council says that the results “significantly exceed the maximum permitted levels for designated bathing waters”.
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# sewage - Tuesday 25 June, 2019
Bathing bans are in place at beaches across Dublin Bay.
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# sewage - Saturday 28 July, 2018
Balbriggan beach itself remains open.
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# sewage - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
Irish Water received fines totalling €9,000 and was ordered to pay costs in three prosecutions by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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# sewage - Thursday 5 April, 2018
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the shutdown to start on 26 April.
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# sewage - Thursday 2 November, 2017
Locals had objected to the application due to odour issues and concerns about the treatment process.
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# sewage - Sunday 22 October, 2017
Residents were battling with an “obnoxious” odour for more than two years – now it has emerged the site didn’t have proper planning permission.
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# sewage - Thursday 24 August, 2017
The likely cause of the lower water quality at both locations is sewage from a wastewater treatment plant or sewer network.
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# sewage - Thursday 20 July, 2017
The blockage led to a manhole cover overflowing and sewage being discharged into the River Tolka.
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# sewage - Monday 12 June, 2017
A similar bathing ban has been lifted at Dollymount after raw sewage washed up on the beach.
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# sewage - Wednesday 8 March, 2017
Tests of the discharge showed excessive emissions of ammonia as well as phosphorus.
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# sewage - Thursday 24 November, 2016
Waste water discharges contributed to poor quality water at six popular beaches.
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# sewage - Wednesday 25 November, 2015
Those counties have failed to provide adequate sewage treatment facilities to meet EU standards, according to the EPA’s waste water report for 2014.
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# sewage - Monday 3 August, 2015
The council have fenced it off and are set to fix the broken pipe beneath.
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# sewage - Wednesday 8 April, 2015
Residents say that sewage leaks are causing issues in Ballymun.
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# sewage - Monday 28 July, 2014
The problem has persisted for over five years but the county council says it can’t do much about it yet.
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# sewage - Monday 7 July, 2014
106 households in North Kildare will take part in the largest private group sewage scheme in Ireland.
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# sewage - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
One couple have already booked themselves in.
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# sewage - Thursday 13 March, 2014
The agency says the country needs major investment in the area.
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# sewage - Friday 28 February, 2014
What a sh**ty situation.
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# sewage - Saturday 1 February, 2014
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An Taisce said today there is a potential threat to drinking and bathing water in the area of Glenamaddy.
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# sewage - Thursday 26 September, 2013
A number of people have reported having headaches and feeling nauseous since last weekend.
# sewage - Tuesday 17 September, 2013
The battery harnesses a special type of microbe to produce electricity by digesting the plant and animal waste dissolved in the wastewater.
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# sewage - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Enda Kenny says the decision to build a €500m sewage treatment plant in Clonshaugh lies with the local authorities.
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It has been announced that the preferred site for the plant is Clonshaugh in north Dublin.
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# sewage - Thursday 30 August, 2012
A malfunction at a local pump station due to power failures caused the overflows.
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# sewage - Monday 14 May, 2012
The location of a proposed all-Dublin sewage works has now been narrowed down to three sites.
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# sewage - Saturday 11 February, 2012
A New York sewage treatment plant promises a unique Valentine’s date.
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# sewage - Monday 12 December, 2011
Hundreds of north Dublin residents tonight demonstrated against a new giant sewage treatment plant which is due to be built in the area.
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# sewage - Thursday 28 July, 2011
Locals in Cairns found the urban myth of reptiles in the underground sewage system is true.
# sewage - Thursday 19 May, 2011
All the news of the day you might have missed…
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# sewage - Tuesday 29 March, 2011
Shocking survey carried out by the Rialto Rights in Action Group revealed that almost half of the adults living in Dolphin House have trouble breathing easily due to their living conditions.
# sewage - Wednesday 16 March, 2011
In today’s Fix: the preliminary report into the Cork plane crash is released; hopes at Fukushima; and some very original merchandise for the British royal nuptials.
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One man has died and another has been hospitalised in Cork, after it is believed they were overcome with fumes while removing sewage from septic tanks.
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