Sewage and broadband failures blight forgotten rural Ireland

Thankfully, the Environmental Protection Agency has the independence and mandate to point out to us all the many uncomfortable facts about the state of the country.

Bear in mind, the failures identified by the EPA are not the fault of climate change or other factors over which we have no direct control.

Rather, they are the outcomes of willful decisions by city and county authorities, overseen by local and national politicians, not to prioritise the matters raised by the EPA and which need urgent and dramatic actions.