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
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Privatising water won’t wash, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be paying for itEngland’s privatised water companies are in deep trouble, but their plight is one that every water company, private and public, will face in due course
Infrastructure John Walsh: Like our precarious energy supply, crisis also looms for our water system That Ireland is not in a better position to withstand shortages is an indictment of a political system mired in short-termism and expediency
The Big Interview: ‘We don’t pause any more when people ask us who we work for. We’re very proud of our work’ – Niall Gleeson, chief executive, Irish WaterThe engineer expected a challenge when he took the top job in the controversial utility, but he has relished the ‘fantastic opportunity to modernise the water system’