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The discovery has led to the eternal question to be asked once more – could there be life on Mars?
Irish Water is appealing to the public to conserve water where possible.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 homes were without water in Navan town today.
FINALLY. Talk about water charges might be coming to an end as the government figure out how to give the cash back.
Officials are in negotiations with the EU for a special deal to pay around €160 million in water charge refunds.
Crowds turned out in Dublin today for the demonstration.
The definition of water wastage has been defined as 1.7 times the average usage has been agreed by the committee.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are at loggerheads over water charges… again.
CanO Water has also started shipping to China and the Czech Republic.
The report describes normal usage as “a public service.”
A bill is coming before the Dáil calling for a referendum on the ownership of Ireland’s water services.
Irish Water said they had invested €1 million to make sure users have access to clean water all-year-round.
Over 17,000 people were interested in the Facebook event. Seventeen thousand!
From Cork to Cavan – there’s demonstrations planned right across Ireland.
If you’re planning on paying, that is.
Because people haven’t filled in their forms correctly.
Ervia chief Michael McNicholas was speaking after it emerged that the cost of water meters had been underestimated by €107 million.
The measures will be brought before Cabinet tomorrow and formally announced on Wednesday
The company says it needs to have an up to date database.
Most elected representatives intend to pay their water bills, but some won’t and some are undecided….
But only if the problem is on your side of the meter.
The Socialists are celebrating tonight.
The party’s Dublin South-West by-election candidate is in a battle to win a Dáil seat.
However, the Taoiseach has said he intends to pay “whatever my water charge is” on his second home.
It’s 113 feet deep. NO THANKS.
St Vincent de Paul is unhappy that assistance is being provided from the Household Package.
“Yes, I am,” the Tánaiste said yesterday when asked if he was hearing anger on the doorsteps about water charges.
A coalition split over water charges will be discussed at Government Buildings this morning.
Amid pressure on the government to spill the beans before voters go to the polls on 23 May there may not be a decision after tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore indicated today.
Got a problem with water supply? You should bring it to Irish Water from today.
While most people only care about how much they’ll have to pay for water the politics of this points to Labour looking out for itself ahead of what is likely to be a tough election next month.
One Minister described this morning’s Cabinet discussions about water charges as “robust” while the Taoiseach declined to take questions on his way into Dublin Castle this afternoon.
TDs and Senators have also heard that Irish Water’s has put some 115,000 water meters into the ground, at a rate of around 27,000 a month, so far.
The company says the age of the pipe network, not their workers, caused leaks in Dublin.
The building of a flood barrier in Limerick will begin ‘immediately’ Brian Hayes says.