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Minister hails Brexit freedoms as Shark Fins Bill progresses

Environment minister Rebecca Pow has praised the role of freedoms she said were linked to Brexit as a Bill to ban the import of detached shark fins continued to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny. The Shark Fins Bill, sponsored by Independent ...

21 Jan 2023 at 04:52

Environmentalists blast UK deposit return scheme which does not include glass

The UK Government has announced plans for a deposit return scheme to help consumers “easily” recycle empty drinks cans and bottles. But the plans, announced by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), have been blasted ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:28

Boots to stop selling all plastic-based wet wipes by end of the year

Boots is to stop selling all wet wipes that contain plastic fibres by the end of the year. The pharmacy chain, which sold more than 800 million wet wipes in the last year, said it would replace plastic-based wipes with plant-based biodegradable ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

City

Thames Water has ‘secure and committed’ funding, Government insists

The Government has doubled down on its reassurances that troubled Thames Water has “secure and committed” funding, as the water sector’s £60 billion debt pile comes under greater scrutiny. Access to water and utility bills will not be affected ...

29 Jun 2023 at 16:02

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Almost 1,000 were without power in Laois when a potentially live electrical wire fell on a footpath

Almost 1,000 ESB users were without power after a potentially live power cable fell on a footpath in Portlaoise today. The incident occurred at Bridge Street in Portlaoise shortly before 12 noon when it’s understood a lorry collided with an ...

27 Aug 2024 at 13:33

Homes stuck with tadpoles in their ‘Dickensian’ water supply, Government told

Homes which are not connected to the water mains have found tadpoles in their “Dickensian” drinking water supply, ministers have been told. Conservative former minister Sir Simon Clarke told the Commons that nine homes in his Middlesbrough ...

06 Jul 2023 at 10:50

Nationalise water companies to help reduce sewage pollution, ministers told

Ministers have been told to “cut the crap” by nationalising water companies and accelerating efforts to reduce sewage pollution. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas also accused the Government of having “utterly failed” to take action to stop ...

06 Sept 2022 at 15:44

Scotland

Holyrood committee ‘passed from pillar to post’ by UK ministers on DRS

A Holyrood committee has complained of being “passed from pillar to post” by the UK Government as it seeks to question ministers over Scotland’s delayed deposit return scheme (DRS). MSPs on the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee ...

08 Sept 2023 at 16:59

City

Thames Water appoints new chair as questions swirl about its future

Thames Water has chosen a new chairman just two days after its chief executive stepped down amid serious questions over the debt-laden company’s future. It came as the Government tried to calm the waters by saying that the utility ...

29 Jun 2023 at 17:34

Water companies should be investigated for dry spills, says Labour MP

New shadow environment secretary Steve Reed has called for an investigation into three water companies that may have illegally dumped sewage on dry days following a BBC report. Water companies are only supposed to spill after ...

05 Sept 2023 at 15:50

Government to begin plastic wet wipe ban consultation soon, says water minister

The Government will begin a consultation on the ban of plastic wet wipes “as soon as possible”, water minister Rebecca Pow has said. Ms Pow answered questions from the Lords’ industry and regulators committee on the water ...

18 Jul 2023 at 14:29

Local News

ESB says vehicle hit overhead powerline leaving nearly 1,000 properties without electricity in Portlaoise

Gardaí are reviewing CCTV in order to establish the identity of the driver who struck an electrical wire knocking out power in Portlaoise on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred at around noon when a high vehicle ...

28 Aug 2024 at 18:33

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