# Water Shortages

Last year

2022

# Irish Water

15 areas already hit by water shortages amid urges to conserve

Night-time restrictions have been introduced in some areas to ensure water supplies keep flowing.

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Aug 10th 2022, 8:51 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Netherlands declares official water shortage as extreme heat imperils Europe's crops

Fears are growing in Europe that extreme drought driven by climate change in the continent’s breadbasket nations will dent stable crop yields.

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Aug 3rd 2022, 4:24 PM

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# hot hot heat

Supplies already under pressure due to hot spell, Irish Water says

Met Éireann said that temperatures will reach as high as 30 over the next few days.

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Jun 25th 2018, 3:30 PM

# Water Restrictions

Dublin City Council passes motion to call Hogan and Irish Water before it

Councillors heard from the City Engineer at a meeting tonight, the first since restrictions were imposed last week.

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Nov 4th 2013, 10:46 PM

# Water Restrictions

Water coming back on in Dublin - but three nights of restrictions to go

The water shortage is not believed to have affected emergency services last night on what is usually one of the busiest nights of the year for call-outs.

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Nov 1st 2013, 8:47 AM

# Water Restrictions

Council: water will take time to come back - and may look cloudy

People in Dublin have been warned that their water may look brown, orange or yellow when the supply is switched back on in the morning.

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Oct 31st 2013, 12:08 PM

# WATER SHORTAGE

'Ireland is like a third world country when it comes to water supply'

The Irish Restaurant Association said businesses will be seriously affected by water restrictions saying they are paying the highest water rates in Europe and the water service should reflect that.

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Oct 30th 2013, 8:39 AM

# Water Shortages

Dublin city council urges public to conserve water

Householders and businesses across the entire Dublin region are being asked to conserve water and prepare for possible shortages to avoid the first summer restrictions since 1997 being imposed.

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Jun 3rd 2011, 8:22 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Fears over the spread of new forms of deadly MRSA and E.coli bugs; checkout worker takes Tesco to court over lottery row; and Stephen Fry’s suicide fears.

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Jun 3rd 2011, 8:14 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: General election postponed to late March; AG called in to mediate between warring coalition partners, and Hotmail users hit by vanishing email syndrome.

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Jan 2nd 2011, 9:26 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you really need to know before you start your year: the world rings in the New Year as car bombs rock Egypt and Nigeria; gardaí investigate activities of two Revenue officials and Australia braced for biblical flooding.

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Jan 1st 2011, 9:32 AM