The family of Sean O’Donnell (59) has settled a court action over his death at St Vincent’s University Hospital

Attempts to introduce metered water charges as part of the bailout programme were abandoned in 2014, after numerous mass protests.

'No proposal has been brought to the minister in this regard,' the department said.

A major burst on a water main in Mallow in Co Cork has been successfully repaired

Sinn Féin, Social Democrats and Aontú are all calling for an early return of the Dáil.

340,000 customers are still without power as of Sunday morning.

Power outages at treatment plants and pumping stations continue to impact on supplies across the county.

Uisce Éireann, previously known as Irish Water, is working to restore water to customers in parts of Mallow ahead of New Year's Eve night

The incident occurred at about 8pm on Saturday at Grangeclare West, Kilmeague

NI Water and Uisce Éireann will work to identify where investment should be made to address pollution

Almost 40 per cent of all water due to be delivered to households and non-domestic customers in 2022 was lost due to leakages, according to the findings of a new report by a State watchdog

Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd said drinking water was being impacted by increased algae levels in Lough Neagh.

Eamon Ryan said several ministers raised examples of climate change affecting their local areas at Cabinet on Wednesday.

Andrew Muir spoke out during a visit to the lough with First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

The Court of Justice of the EU ruled the concentration of trihalomethanes in a large number of public drinking water supplies in the Republic have persistently exceeded recommended safety limits

A water treatment plant in and around the east Clare village of O’Brien’s Bridge had distributed inadequately disinfected water for a full year

Uisce Éireann is not entitled to charge for water in the university's student accommodation, the High Court ruled

The EPA said the council had been unable to demonstrate that it had complied with key requirements of its statutory functions