The EPA says it's continuing to bring proceedings against Irish Water for failing to make the necessary improvements to waste treatment plants.

Some 161,000 people are at risk of crippling illness from a microscopic parasite in drinking water, watchdogs have warned.

Cork city’s drinking water supply is “at risk”, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Plastic fibres have been found in tap water around the world, including Ireland, it has emerged.

The water supply to some schools, nursing homes, and hotels are not monitored in any way for E.coli, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency which found the water quality from such sources is “consistently poorer than public water supplies”.

Irish Water is looking to add a chemical to the water supply in Limerick to reduce the levels of lead found in the supply.

More than 30,000 households across the country may be at risk of lead poisoning from drinking water supplied through lead pipes.

A grant-aided scheme to remove harmful lead pipes from the drinking water supply could provide jobs as well as eliminate a public health risk, the Green Party has said.