A Tipperary TD has strongly criticized the plan to pipe water from the River Shannon to Dublin, labeling it as 'madness'.

A significant €114 million wastewater project in Athlone, Ireland, has been completed, resolving a decades-long issue of sewage overflowing into the town and the River Shannon during heavy rains.

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.

The owners of a luxury Georgian estate overlooking Lough Derg are opposing plans to pump water from the River Shannon to Dublin, citing concerns about the project.

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'.

Leszek Sychulec, a 40-year-old cage fighter, is seeking a miscarriage of justice ruling for his 2014 murder conviction related to the killing of a 23-year-old man who was beaten and left to drown in the River Shannon.

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