The government is on the run and is desperately trying to get us to buy into water charges. They have cut the charges to take off the heat but as soon as the protest movement dies down, they can be increased again.

We should keep up the pressure until water charges are scrapped.

How often have you heard the line, ’the country cannot afford it’? Or plaintive cries about how the wealthy lost everything in the great Celtic Tiger crash.

Embedded video of Brid Smith speaking at Dublin City Council about the budget and Sinn Fein's Response;

Water Charges Song at 1st November 2014 Protest

Words are cheap and so the Labour Minister, Alan Kelly, and Irish Water’s John Tierney were told by their PR advisors to say ‘sorry’. But the overall message from the FG-Labour government is that we are still going to try and bully you. 

Following the massive protests across the country against Irish Water and the water charges, Enda Kenny tried to claim that the only alternative is increases of up to 4% in income tax.

Wednesday 29 October 2014 10.0 A charity that supports older people has condemned waiting times for people trying to access the Fair Deal nursing home scheme.

Full details of Right2Water local demonstrations will be announced on Tuesday, 28th October. Another national demonstration will be organised in the coming weeks as the campaign continues to grow.

All over the country people are resisting the installation of water meters come to the protest to show your opposition to these unjust charges.