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Flood the streets
'Wednesday can be a knockout blow to water charges'
Anti Austerity Alliance TD Ruth Coppinger said that a big turnout could hit the “appalling and arrogant” government.
A NATIONAL PROTEST against water charges this week can be “a knockout blow” for the regime, Mary Lou McDonald has said.
The Sinn Féin deputy leader said today that Wednesday’s planned march to the Dáil and around the country could kill off Irish Water.
I’m calling on people to to come out in their droves on Wednesday to send a very loud and very clear message to the Government parties that these unfair and unjust water charges must be scrapped.
“The huge shows of opposition to water charges in cities, towns and villages across the state in these past few months have unsettled the Government to no small degree.”
“Already we have seen this Government panic, flounder and back-peddle in the face of massive people power. Their revised package of measures announced in November in reaction to widespread public anger, does not go far enough.
“People marched throughout this state for the complete scrapping of these regressive water charges – not a temporary cap on bills.”
Anti Austerity Alliance TD Ruth Coppinger said that a big turnout could hit the “appalling and arrogant” government.
“A massive showing next Wednesday December 10th can pull the final curtain over this appalling and arrogant government. People should take time off work to deliver the message that ‘no means no’ on water charges and that it is time for this government to go.”
There have been two widespread protests against the charges on 1 November, when people took to towns across Ireland and on 11 October when around 100,000 people took to the streets of Dublin to campaign against the charges.
On top of those, there have been weekly, and in some places daily, protests against the charges.
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