Up to 50 boats participated in a demonstration rally on the River Shannon, highlighting widespread opposition to a €10bn government proposal. Community groups are protesting plans to extract water from the river to supply the greater Dublin region, calling the policy 'skewed'.

Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath is among dozens of objectors to Uisce Éireann's proposal to pipe water 170km from the River Shannon to Dublin.

Councils in Clare and Tipperary, along with Mid-West communities, have lodged objections against Uisce Éireann's plans to extract over 300 million litres of water daily from the River Shannon for the east of the country.