Piping water from the Shannon to Dublin has been discussed for almost 20 years but the idea continues to attract controversy. Photograph: Alan Betson Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish TimesUisce Éireann is to lodge a planning application next week for a 170km pipeline to bring water from the river Shannon to Dublin and surrounding counties. “The growing water supply deficit and lack of supply resilience in the eastern and midlands region is simply not sustainable,” she said. More than a third of the 1.7 billion litres of drinking water Uisce Éireann pipes to homes and businesses each day is lost through leaks. Uisce Éireann said it was also proposing a multimillion euro community benefit scheme to support communities affected by the construction.

Source: The Irish Times December 12, 2025 15:03 UTC