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National - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Right2Water National Assembly - Weds 10th Dec 2014
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Wednesday November 12, 2014 22:05 by no to Irish Water
The next major Right2Water event is a National Assembly outside the Dail on International Human Rights Day. To follow the protest on Twitter see some of these feeds: https://twitter.com/WSMIreland https://twitter.com/hashtag/watermeters https://twitter.com/Right2WaterIRL https://twitter.com/hashtag/irishwater http://revolution-news.com/ireland-says-no-water-charges-irishwater-dec10th/
by fred Sat Dec 06, 2014 18:22
It looks like Alan Kelly may be yet another EU traitor. He's no doubt worried that this clause will complicate privatisation of IW down the road so is seeking to undermine it. The clause itself is not unique to Ireland and does not actually mention Ireland but it is still a possible get out clause to avoid the necessity of metering and I suspect we are in compliance by taking 5% of motor taxes etc to pay for water services as we currently do. Article 9 here is Kathy Sinott's letter:
Perhaps someone else might be able to dig further and find some information to substantiate Kathy Sinott's claim that "This commitment is recorded in the 2008 Irish River Basin Management Plan" . I for one would be most interested, and I'm sure others would be.
by rua Fri Dec 05, 2014 18:57
You raise a good point there fred :) the fact is that poor irish people are paying the same amount as a billionaire/millionaire - it should be proportional to our wage,ie a percentage of our earnings...Thats the way it should work - not a one size fits all approach..
by fred Fri Dec 05, 2014 17:55
I think the point is that people don't go to work and the country grinds to a halt on 10th Dec.
by traloch - rebel city Wed Dec 03, 2014 14:27
What idiot picked the date?
by no to Irish Water Tue Dec 02, 2014 23:59
Tweet from Paul Murphy
by fred Sat Nov 29, 2014 17:56
A "dirty protest" letter has sent Irish water's private company subcontractor into hysterics:
by Maura Harrington - Shell to Sea Tue Nov 25, 2014 01:29
Great to see this - all over the place!
by T Mon Nov 24, 2014 22:52
There are plenty of protests and blockades of water meter installers taking place every day in Dublin
by fred Mon Nov 24, 2014 13:00
Steven donnelly points out how keen the Troika were to privatise our water and electricity.
by T Fri Nov 21, 2014 22:46
Interestingly the fluoride in our water which is poisonous and is doing untold damage is also corrosive and is very likely leading to the high leakage rate in the system. If Irish Water are so concerned about this "pristine" and "precious" resource why don't they do two things at once? Remove the fluoride and thereby cut-down on the rate of corrosive and further leaks. ...That approximately 40% of all water in Ireland is lost in leakage was widely publicised in recent weeks when so many pipes failed in the freeze. Though many people were previously unaware of the dire condition of the national network of water pipes, the rate of leakage – the highest in the EU – has been criticised by Brussels for some time. The excuse we are being given for this level of leakage is that the pipes are old, but this is not the whole story. Src: http://voiceireland.org/water/former-mep-kathy-sinnott-...ects/
by Tom Foley - none Mon Nov 17, 2014 18:06
The private Media continuous frame that the public is "confused about the water charge" "The public does not understand "How there
by Rua Thu Nov 13, 2014 13:09
It was alleged in the media that three gardai were attacked by water protesters,what i want to know is where are these 3 gardai in question?
by Right2Water Wed Nov 12, 2014 23:27
Right2Water finalising plans for December 10th event |
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Jump To Comment: 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Stephen Donnelly's attempts to protect water from privatisation frustrated by Ceann Comhaire and house rules
which seem like they are designed to prevent parliamentarians from doing their job
http://stephendonnelly.ie/who-is-shutting-down-debate-o...ater/
Just in from WSM FB page
Breaking: There have been at least three arrests in Dublin 7 this morning as Gardaí target water charges campaigners. Details are just coming in but we have also heard that more people are needed particularly on Oxmantown road.
One arrest happened on Grangegorman road, in this case Gardaí seemed to have targeted a water charge campaigner because they were videoing them. As this isn't illegal we presume they intend to try and use the 20m injunction zone or they have simply arrested for intimidation purposes and will release the person without charge after a while.
Two arrests happened on Avondale road in Phibsboro. Water charge resistors there were stopping the operation of the digger but the arrests were of two people who it is alleged were dismantling the work barriers the crews erect.
More details in the comments as we get them but its obviously significant that Gardaí have reacted to yesterday's huge march with multiple arrests. We are not aware of any arrests in the week before the march but it now seems there were several yesterday as well as scenes of considerable Garda violence (videos to come).
Those at the scene this morning also report that some of the Irish Water workers were being "mad confrontational" but that Gardaí were simply looking the other way when this was happening.
here are a couple of good protest signs from today ;-)
http://stephendonnelly.ie/perfect-gentleman-trichet-dic...land/
I can't repeat this enough times:
The EU are not our friends.
Here's some of what Stephen Donnelly had to say:
Those fat salaries and bonuses have to be paid! If you the public won't pay them right now,
then they'll just take out a big bank loan and you can pay that off with interest over time instead
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/water/irish-water-....html
So to summarise, The government has quietly made it so that Irish Water can borrow 2 billion euro from the market to pay all their bonuses and eye watering salaries of consultants etc. IW will now proceed to run up a huge debt. Then if IW cannot pay back these private loans, the company will likely default and fall into private ownership. Privatisation by the back door. We are being scammed.
RTE Radio currently spinning today's protest with the usual devices, claiming a garda was injured etc
Imagine not being let walk down the street of your national parliament in peaceful #protest in a democracy! #dec10
Taken from https://twitter.com/WSMIreland
Facing the cops and the army at the end of Kildare st #Right2Water
Crowd all the way around on Nassau st #Right2Water
Molesworth St the Dáil is surrounded!
Merrion Sq Baggot st side locked down
BUSLOADS OF DONEGAL ANTI-WATER CHARGE PROTESTORS TO MARCH ON LEINSTER HOUSE TODAY | Donegal Daily
Turned on government propoganda machine @RTERadio1 for 30 seconds. Man telling us not to protest.Storm is coming & its not meteorological!
Trains are jammers today with people coming to the water protest #dec10 #Right2Water
On the march.. #irishwater -- en route from garden of remembrance -- numbers growing all the time
Russell brand may turn up at the protest on 10th. Here's his tweet:
http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/russell-brand-water-p...c2014
Brand discusses the issue with Unite’s Brendan Ogle and urges Irish people to attend the protest
taking place in Merrion Square on Wednesday 10th Dec 1pm.
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That was a good post by former MEP Kathy Sinnot, about the Irish exception to the EU water directive.
If you need to know how to deal with Irish Water well here is how you do it Well done to St Judes Court Residents Lifford, Michael Mooney and all who helped to send Irish Water and GMC Sierra packing
See http://www.fliuch.org/resources
questionstoaskthemeterinstaler.pdf 0.49 Mb
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