Infrastructure Red C poll: Twice as many support plan to divert water from Shannon to DublinBusiness Post/Red C poll shows majority of public support controversial plan to build 170km pipeline to capital to stave off shortages in next decade
Infrastructure Water concerns make it ‘much more difficult’ to win overseas investment – former IDA headMartin Shanahan says Dublin is Ireland’s ‘only city of international scale’ and argues contentious Shannon pipeline is ‘imperative’
Comment Ian Guider: Water is not a local resource, it is for national use and Shannon pipeline must proceedSince Uisce Eireann took on responsibility for water across the country, the proposal has progressed at a glacial pace
Infrastructure Fury as thousands of businesses face major spikes in water billsThe utilities regulator has been criticised for a plan to abolish caps on companies’ bills within three years
Infrastructure Shannon water pipeline delays a ‘threat’ to foreign investmentThe state’s water utility has warned ‘difficult decisions’ lie ahead unless €1.6bn project is delivered
Big Read Creaking water system doing drip-drip damage to economy A debate is raging about proposed Shannon to Dublin pipeline but businesses warn foreign investment will dry up without new water supply for the capital
From the Editor This week: Water now a threat to FDI; government’s referendum ‘nightmare’We have everything you need to know about business and politics in today’s edition
business Multinational firms fear water supply ‘crisis’ in coming years, state warnedIbec has said overseas investors now think water is as big a risk of energy, with the country on a ‘knife-edge’ in terms of ability to meet demand
Housing ‘High risk’: Houses will not be built due to dire water shortage Unpublished report from expert group to warn state’s housing targets in jeopardy
Transport State agencies and local authorities to address €9.5 billion MetroLink hearingsOral hearings on the landmark MetroLink project are set to begin at Dublin’s Gresham Hotel this morning
Housing Plan to finish half-built Celtic Tiger estate scuppered by limited water network capacity Cieval’s plan to build 31 homes at the unfinished Gort Na Gréine estate have been refused by the local council and the planning board
Companies Uisce Éireann to create 700 new jobs over the 12 monthsThe semi-state water company said it is recruiting staff across a range of roles, including management positions, engineering and front-line operations
Housing Irish Water capacity constraints scupper plans for Cork social homesThe water system has been blamed for delaying the delivery of new houses
Infrastructure Ex-Dublin Port chief: Hurlers on the ditch are clueless – moving port for housing is nonsensicalThe idea of moving Dublin Port from its current location to accommodate housing is often floated but remains as ridiculous today as it has for years
Property US Government confirms €650m plan for embassy at former Jury’s Hotel siteCurrent embassy building deemed too small for purpose and move to 4.2 acre site deemed preferable
Planning Uisce Éireann blames planning for three Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of raw sewage dischargeUisce Éireann has committed to completely eliminating any raw sewage discharges in the majority of the 26 towns and villages that have no treatment service by 2025
Infrastructure Utilities regulator ‘extremely concerned’ after Uisce Éireann requests €150m in extra fundingSemi-state water firm cited increased costs in energy and wage bills in its request
Infrastructure Uisce Éireann will miss own targets for new facilities, putting house building at riskThe country’s water agency has delivered only nine of 24 promised new water and wastewater plants and 24 of 89 promised upgrades, which could threaten the construction of new homes
Politics Green Party opposition threatens €1.3bn Shannon-Dublin water pipelineTDs question whether proposed pipeline would lead to further ‘lopsided’ development in the country
Companies Glanua eyes sales of €150m this year as it plans to create 250 jobs over the next five yearsThe company has changed its name as part of a rebrand and will be headquartered in Loughrea, Co Galway