Irish Water to up infrastructure spend

Irish Water has pledged to increase spending on infrastructure after it emerged less had been spent in 2014 than in any year over the past decade.

Irish Water’s capital spend on infrastructure up to November this year was €300m, according to RTÉ — considerably less than the previous annual average spend of €430m.

Ervia chief executive Michael McNicholas said Irish Water was committed to ramping up spending to €600m a year, repairing leaks and replacing pipes.