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national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday July 17, 2019 - 22:55 by sp
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From 1 July, Irish Water is seeking to implement excessive-use water charges of up to €500 per year. This will come as no great surprise to those of us who highlighted the programme for government agreed between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael back in 2016. The Socialist Party opposed and warned about this element of the legislation at the time, as we knew that is could be used as a back door to the re-introduction of full water charges in the future. The legislation allows the government to lower the amount of water that is considered normal usage over time. Just like with tuition fees and bin charges, the amounts will be increased incrementally until the idea of direct payment for water becomes normalised, or at least this is their hope. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday July 30, 2017 - 22:21 by r2w
The Right2Water campaign is currently developing a submission in relation to the River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) which will be submitted to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government as part of their consultation process. In order to ensure all Right2Water Ireland's supporters' voices are heard and are involved in this process, we are asking you to fill in this short survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PKN3YXN ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday April 10, 2017 - 21:01 by wsm
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This is a repost of a report by the WSM on the Water Charges protest last Saturday April 8th. Thousands of protesters converged on Connolly and Heuston stations in Dublin yesterday as part of the 9th national demonstration against the water charges. The demonstration was called by Right2Water, the umbrella group of left wing political parties and trade unions, as part of an effort to pressurise the government to abandon their attempts to implement water charges. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday September 22, 2016 - 23:45 by wsm
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The Irish government's attempt to introduce domestic water charges in Ireland is not going well. In fact, for them it's been a disaster because it's sparked off a huge upsurge in working class self organisation and direct action. Last Saturday 17th Sept, saw thousands of anti-water charges campaigners flooding the streets of Dublin o to again voice their opposition to Irish Water & water charges and as a show of strength for the movement. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday May 11, 2016 - 22:28 by cd
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A cross party group of TDs have expressed concern at the jailing of two political activists, Sean Doyle and Eamonn McGrath. Both men have been remanded in custody until the 21st of May and 24th of June respectively for taking part in a peaceful protest in Kilcoole. Sean was arrested after being assaulted by an individual in front of Gardai while his attacker went unpunished. The same attacker then viciously pushed a woman to the ground. The Gardaí present saw fit to arrest the protesters for trespass while they gently escorted the assailant away. No charges have been brought against this man. The continuation of the political policing of the Irish Water protests exposes the Garda, yet again, as a force used to protect the status quo at the expense of ordinary people. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday November 02, 2015 - 22:58 by aaa
The political trial of 18 people who delayed Joan Burton in her car began today. It is an escalation in the attempt to demonise and vilify an entire community for rejecting the Labour Party. Four AAA members were present in court, as part of the targeting of our own organisation by the Gardai and the establishment. On top of these charges, we have had permission to collect money door to door refused in two Garda districts, including Tallaght and there has been the revelations around Operation Mizen which has seen Gardai carry out surveillance on water charge activists including Paul Murphy TD. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday April 14, 2015 - 00:15 by Solidarity Times
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Garda have attacked an occupation of Fingal council offices by water charges protesters causing injuries like the one pictured. We understand these happened when the Garda smashed a plate glass door in on top of the protesters who were occupying the entrance. According to one of those attacked posting to the Balbriggan page "Garda have attached 3 of us and shattered the fingal county council office doors on top of us picture to follow. If you listen to the video u will hear the glass crashing on top of us" The video is at https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=633082310156899 ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday February 09, 2015 - 11:36 by no to Irish Water
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After the relatively large turn-out to the Anti-Water charges protests over a week ago on Saturday the 31st, the government is worried that their propaganda hasn't worked as well as it should so in response they have launched a new dirty tricks campaign to discredit the Anti-Water charges campaign. They are using the same strategy as that used in the Corrib Gas issue in Mayo over the past decade where the strategy was to criminalise the protests in the eyes of the public. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday November 28, 2014 - 14:13 by Rua
RNU have forced Stormonts regional development minister to amend the law to ban water meters being installed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday October 25, 2014 - 12:17 by Charlie
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Republican Network for Unity activists discovered water meters in Belfast despite NI Water denying their installation. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday April 25, 2014 - 23:07 by no water taxes
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Opposition to water charges has taken the Direct Action route with residents in a Cork housing estate preventing workers from Irish Water from installing smart meters. Irish Water is the quango that has so far provided over €70 million in setup fees to consultants and various private firms and the government reckons it will cost up to €1,000 million to get it fully run and running. It will then be handed over to the private sector so that they can squeeze hard pressed people for money for the rest of their lives. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday January 11, 2013 - 22:56 by T
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The government has published The Water Services Bill 2013 that gives it power to impose a Water Tax from Jan 1st 2014. The Bill has yet to go through the Dail for possible minor amendments. The Bill will handle our public water resources and infrastructure over to a private company that will be able to extract what essentially amounts to a form of rent for providing a basic need like water. The tax will cost at least €500+ a year although naturally the government has played down this figure. Initially the government will take the tax as revenue for themselves but eventually this gift will be handed over to private companies. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday October 25, 2012 - 22:40 by éirígí PRO
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Processing your Home Tax letter ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday July 01, 2012 - 11:37 by Maggie Goggin PRO/Media
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The St Lukes Branch (Cork) is one of a number of local campaign groups in the city that holds regular meetings and is active in the fight againt the Household Tax. Come along and join us! ... read full story / add a comment
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday March 24, 2012 - 15:35 by BallyphehaneCAHWT
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Ballyphehane & South Parish Campaign Against the Household and Water Tax (CAHWT) Picket Ciaran Lynch's Clinic Members of the Ballyphehane and South Parish, Campaign Against the Household and Water Tax (CAHWT) picketted Ciaran Lynch's Bandon Road clinic, on Friday the 23rd of March at 6pm. The Ballyphehane and South Parish CAHWT local groups expressed their outrage at being berated in the media by the government TD for their democratic preference in boycotting this unjust and regressive form of taxation. This unfair taxation is being imposed on ordinary people by the government in order to pay for the bank bailouts and the costs of the developers, bankers and big business. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 23:32 by Alan Mac Simoin
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The ruling class strategy of making working people pay for the crisis has seen public and private sector pay cuts, job losses, welfare reductions and slashing of important services like special needs assistants for children with physical and mental problems. Coming soon, if Cowan and Gormley have their way, is the return of a domestic water tax. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday December 22, 2009 - 10:15 by Paula Geraghty
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Video report from Bin Tax protest at Dublin City Council's Estimates meeting. The estimates copper fasten the drive to make the poorest in society pay for the running of Dublin City. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday December 15, 2009 - 19:59 by Fred Johnston
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In a move that belongs to the X-Files, Galway City Council have granted €25,000 to kick start a display of US and UK warplanes . . . .but no one asked them to! ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday November 26, 2008 - 14:06 by Paula Geraghty
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Over a hundred people gathered to register their opposition to the continuation of the Bin Tax by Dublin City Council ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday December 03, 2007 - 17:15 by redmondite collapse
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Yet another provo leaves party, admits that provisionalism is about administrating British rule in Ireland. Some say no one could have "predicted" the manner in which the provos have turned. However Republicans at the time of the 1986 split correctly "mapped" the future of the provosionals using proir history. Indeed while anyone with any grasp of history could have done so, only those affiliated with RSF did. ... read full story / add a comment |
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