The news that the State has just handed over €270 million of public money to Irish Water is one more episode in the long-running fiasco

Irish Water and the Fine Gael Environment Minister Eoghan Murphy are a disgrace. They are presiding over one of the most incompetent events in recent

The government has tried to put the best face on it but there is no disguising the defeat they are suffering.

57 percent of the people are refusing to pay the water charges.

Even the number of 43 percent who paid the water bills is inflated because it includes tenants who have been intimidated into paying by their landlords or people selling a house where solicitors have collected the charges for the state.

A clear majority of people have endorsed the message sent out by People Before Profit and Anti-Austerity Alliance.

The government has tried to put the best face on it but there is no disguising the defeat they are suffering.

57 percent of the people are refusing to pay the water charges.

Even the number of 43 percent who paid the water bills is inflated because it includes tenants who have been intimidated into paying by their landlords or people selling a house where solicitors have collected the charges for the state.

A clear majority of people have endorsed the message sent out by People Before Profit and Anti-Austerity Alliance.

Fine Gael & Labour bullies are rushing through legislation on #IrishWater in an attempt to force/scare more people into payment. We Shall Not Be Moved!
Join the protest at the Dail this Wednesday 1st July @ 6pm. @pb4p

Last Saturday saw thousands marching against the hated and unjust water charges yet again. Alongside this great demonstration of people power many were also protesting against TTIP, or the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, as part of a massive worldwide “Global Day of Action” against it and similar 'free' trade agreements, with over 750 protests worldwide.

Irish Water has been set up to get us to pay another double tax. In this pamphlet Cllr Brid Smith of People Before Profit explains how water is becoming the new oil, how the set up of Irish Water has nothing to do with ‘conservation’- it’s about taking money from the majority and preparing the ground for privatisation. She looks at the experience of Bolivia which shows that people power can fight back and we can win.

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March 9, 2015 – Cllr John Lyons of People Before Profit has welcomed today’s decision by president of the High Court, Nicholas Kearns, to release the four jailed anti-water charges activists, Damien O’Neill, Paul Moore, Bernie Hughes and Derek Byrne.

The Poor are getting poorer and rich are getting richer under current government – this is why public protest is escalating, says People Before profit TD

The Cork branch of People Before Profit are calling for a massive outpouring of support on Leeside streets this Saturday, January 31st, as community groups and politicians come together to remind the government that the people will not accept water charges.