Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
The Health Research Board is doing some, but only for 2019. That’s before the spikes in more recent years.
Na Píobairí Uilleann pitched councillors on their €8.4 million plan to add a theatre, instrument-making workshop, visitor centre and more to their townhouse.
“I am conscious of the fact that delivery under previous Capital Programmes over recent years has been disappointing,” said the council Chief Executive Owen Keegan, in the report.
“The use of fireworks has a detrimental effect on humans and their pets,” said a motion from Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney that the committee backed.
The works could take years, so in the meantime the Victorian building should be used for cultural events, says Social Democrats Councillor Cat O’Driscoll.
Since the RTB won’t hear a case unless it knows the landlord’s full name, his tenants struggled to get their complaints about him heard.
Henry Construction project manager Michael O’Regan says: “Everything we have done, from day one here, is compliant.”
Slievecourt DAC got planning permission in 2019 for a 9-storey office building – and another one in August this year.
They also voted to stop giving owners of vacant commercial properties a discount on their rates.
“We are going to be the new homeless,” says one. “I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see too many opportunities.”
There are other kinds of hostels or rooms for families, but those living there say they don’t get the same supports.
Dublin City Council spent around €510,000 to build a two-bedroom home but it bought similar homes from private developers for €360,000.