Cookies

Learn how to manage cookies on our site with the guidance below.

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in your web browser. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit to improve your user experience.

We use different cookies to enable actions on our site and make your browsing experience better. Learn more about the cookies we use and why we use them in our cookie policy.

If you don’t want to receive cookies, you have the choice to disable them. You can manage which cookies you allow by switching them on and off below.

Please note: Once cookies are switched off, we cannot guarantee that your experience will be as fulfilling as it would be with activated cookies. Strictly necessary cookies need to be kept on so you can use all of our features.

Below you can manage which cookies you'd like to allow. Remember that switching off some cookies can affect the way you’ll be able to use the Uisce Éireann website. Strictly necessary cookies need to be kept on so you can use all of our features.

Strictly Necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies enable you to navigate our websites and use its features. Without these cookies, we would be unable to provide certain features. Therefore, these cookies can not be disabled.

All information collected by strictly necessary cookies is aggregated and anonymous. These are session only cookies, which means they end when you close out of our site.

Using necessary cookies enables users to:

  • login to their online account to view online bills
  • pay bills securely online
  • progress through a form

Google Analytics cookie

Google Analytics cookies help us improve our websites and online services. These cookies gather information about how our sites are used. These cookies are anonymous – they don't collect information that identifies a visitor.

Here are some examples of how these cookies may be used:

  • Provide statistics on website use and how people got to the site
  • Show us which pages visitors go to most often
  • Identify pages with errors

Third Party cookies

Third-party analytics cookies are used by parties other than the controller and that allow us to analyse website use and make improvements. They allow us to test new pages and evaluate their effectiveness. They make sure we deliver the most relevant information to you and keep improving your experience.

Here are some examples of how these cookies may be used:

  • Help us improve the website by highlighting patterns
  • Identify what people visiting the website are interested in

Marketing cookies

Cookies used to compile data on an advertising campaign. They can also be used to show you more relevant ads. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They identify your browser, how frequently you visit our sites, how the website is found and which pages are most viewed. If you opt out of these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Here are some examples of how these cookies may be used:

  • Measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign
  • Limit the number of times you see an advertisement

A guide to behavioural advertising and online privacy has been compiled by the internet advertising industry and can be found at www.youronlinechoices.eu.