Talk:Water supply and sanitation in the Republic of Ireland

Controversy in its initial period of operation
"The transition between these models, and certain aspects of operation of the new company, caused controversy in its initial period of operation."

It's bizarre to refer to controversy in the "initial period of operation" in 2016 of something that dates from 2015, and is currently controversial. It's a POV prediction of a future in which it isn't controversial, which hasn't happened yet. It would be better to delete that mention entirely, and replace it with a section on the controversies at the end - which the article entirely lacks. I'm not qualified to write it, and I don't want to delete the only mention that there is controversy, but the line implies future knowledge that this is just a temporary situation. 162.201.138.94 (talk) 18:49, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

How does it compare to NI?
We have seen (in the UK) how NI's water failed after the 2010 white Christmas, just as I have where I live in England (cold weather bust my mains supply, guess who has to pay...)

Assuming the weather does not know about borders I would guess (but living in England never know) that Ireland suffered the same weather; Did the mains burst or had they spent some money fixing the problem before hand? --81.109.247.189 (talk) 23:44, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Lead/intro
On 29 Dec 2014, I added a "Lead rewrite" template. The lead/intro guideline suggests that an intro should "define the topic and summarize the body of the article with appropriate weight". While a definition in this case isn't strictly relevant, some context is missing, and I don't see that the current lead provides a summary of the article body and topic. (Instead we seem to jump straight into, what reads to me, like a summary of why water charges were/are needed, with no history or context - and seemingly tonal/POV/weight issues as a result). Previous versions of the intro, while out of date obviously, appeared to be closer to guidelines in terms of definition/summary/context/weight. Any thoughts before I take a look at reworking slightly? Guliolopez (talk) 10:41, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree, this is a good idea. Please go ahead and rewrite the intro. Thanks also for asking for views on the talk page before editing the article.--Mschiffler (talk) 18:15, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. As there hasn't been any other opinions/inputs, I'll take a look at this in the coming days. Guliolopez (talk) 21:17, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Would you have time to look at this? know they are having that huge water deal over there and a lot of people will end up on this page... it would be good to have this article sharp. Thanks!  Wikimandia (talk) 18:13, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Finally got around to this. The intro now (IMO) reads better, is more in line with guidelines and doesn't have the same "out of date" issues as previously. This article still suffers in a few areas however (the infobox is "home-made" and doesn't indicate sources, and several sections/sub-sections are significantly out of date). Depending on feedback on the intro changes, I may take a look at these other issues.Guliolopez (talk) 20:13, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * This looks great. Thank you fo taking the time to rewrite the intro. I have updated the infobox and suggest updating the other sections next.--Mschiffler (talk) 13:49, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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