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Right2Water National Protest against Water charges - Sat Oct 11th @ 2pm

category dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | event notice author Sunday October 05, 2014 23:28author by pbp Report this post to the editors

National Pre Budget protest against the water charges.

Irish Water has sent you an ‘application pack’ and they want you to fill in details about your household, including your PPS number. Don't engage. People power can beat them.

Resistance to Irish Water has taken in hold in many estates that have been protesting.

There is a massive national demonstration on October 11th at 2pm, stating at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin.

If you want to fight the water charges locally and nationally join us
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National Pre Budget protest against the water charges.

2pm Sat Oct 11th Parnell Sq.

All welcome.
Event Date:
October 11, 2014 - 14:00

Venue details:
Garden of Remembrance
Parnell Square
Dublin

Irish Water has sent you an ‘application pack’ and they want you to fill in details about your household, including your PPS number. Don't engage. People power can beat them.

There are two purposes to these packs:

1) It is an information gathering exercise so they can charge you for using water.

2) They want you to accept water charges. You will be asked to declare that you are a customer of Irish Water. In other words, to give up your right as a citizen to water – and start paying.

The average per household charge will be €278 a year. But the charges will rise after that. One former ESRI economist from has estimated that it will eventually be €600 a year.

We can stop these charges if we come together and resist. In the 1990s, the government tried to impose water charges on domestic users. They were met with mass protests and were forced to retreat. People power defeated the water charges then. We can do the same today.

We would urge you, therefore, not to fill in the form. You could send it back to Irish Water unopened or place it in your bin or simply ignore it. At the very least, hold off signing for the moment to see if a major campaign gets going.

Don’t let Irish Water or the government scare or bully you.

* You cannot be jailed or fined for refusing to co-operate with Irish Water.

* They cannot automatically take the water charge out of your wage packet or your social welfare because it is not a tax that the Revenue Commissioners control.

Resistance to Irish Water has taken in hold in many estates that have been protesting.

There is a massive national demonstration on October 11th at 2pm, stating at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin.

If you want to fight the water charges locally and nationally join us!

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   will this protest really change anything???     rua    Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:49 
   this will certainly have an effect because elections are looming     fred    Thu Oct 09, 2014 17:36 
   poor planning     dividedwefall    Thu Oct 09, 2014 20:43 
   citizens under veiled nazi rule     Sai'Des MacFugh    Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:50 
   STOP THE HEIST     Jimmy Steele    Sat Oct 11, 2014 20:20 
   Dublin/BAC posters     Charlie    Sat Oct 11, 2014 21:41 
   Massive turnout at the Anti Water Charges demo. Possibly 50,000+ turnout.     anon    Sat Oct 11, 2014 23:11 
   usual lowballing by RTE / garda     fred    Sat Oct 11, 2014 23:32 
   more pictures of protest here     fred    Sat Oct 11, 2014 23:51 
 10   Protest Sat 11th     Kevin    Sun Oct 12, 2014 08:36 
 11   More photos from Water Charges protest on Sat 11th     anon    Sun Oct 12, 2014 16:37 
 12   FG government are worried and made concessions already     fred    Mon Oct 13, 2014 19:24 
 13   More photos     anon    Mon Oct 13, 2014 22:56 
 14   Advertise November 1st Protest     Jimmy Steele    Mon Oct 20, 2014 20:02 


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