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national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday December 19, 2016 - 13:00 by 1 of Indymedia
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We reproducing this article by Dr Rory Hearne, Researcher & Author of "Public Private Partnerships in Ireland: failed experiment or the way forward ?" to highlight some important background and context to this issue Fears about the privatisation of public water provision was a central motivating factor behind the Right2Water protest movement but concerns about the privatisation of water are held by many other political and civil society groupings. The recently published Expert Commission on Water Services Report highlighted a widespread public “concern about the potential privatisation of Irish Water”. They stated that public responses to their consultation “expressed concerns that water charges, and metering of domestic households, could eventually lead to privatisation”. The Report notes that this “was sometimes set in the context of wider concerns about privatisation of public services, and the commodification of water”. However, it is widely known that various public and private interests have been preparing the ground for the potential privatisation of the Irish public water system. In this article I provide evidence that should concern all those worried about the potential privatisation of Irish public water. This centres on the on-going implementation of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the provision of public water infrastructure in Ireland. These PPPs are a form of ‘creeping privatisation’ that makes the full privatisation of our public water system a real possibility in the future. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday January 18, 2016 - 12:03 by 1 of Indymedia
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This article by David Gibney from the Right2Water website has been republished here in light of the upcoming water charges protest on this Sat 23rd Jan in advance of the election due in the next few weeks. It highlights the scam and lies around Irish Water and how it is fully intended to privatise it. If and when the TIPP agreement is signed between the EU and USA, privatisation will be unstoppable not just for our water but for all services right across the board. THERE are three obvious agendas behind the imposition of domestic water charges. If you were to believe the government spin, you’d think it was about conservation. But the three real reasons are: Shifting the burden of paying for water from commercial enterprises to households; Giving tax breaks to the wealthy while imposing water charges on everyone else; and Lining up the future privatisation of our water industry. There are a number of ways we can prove the conservation argument is a farce. The first and most obvious is through direct comparison with other countries that already have domestic water charges in place. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday December 14, 2014 - 19:39 by wsm
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On Thursday night RTE Primetime presented what many have described as a 'regime broadcast', an utterly transparent hatchet job of the anti-Water Charges campaign. This featured, supposedly, an anonymous water meter installer describing being accosted by knife, hatchet, baseball bat, and golf club wielding maniacal protesters – the sinister fringe. The core message transmitted in the program was 'you can protest, but don't protest effectively'. If you watched it (link below), what did you think? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday December 02, 2014 - 23:28 by wsm
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This article was written by the WSM and appears on their website and is the text for a 4 page PDF leaflet which you are encouraged to print and distribute. In the face of massive opposition to the water charges, the government have made several clumsy attempts to placate us, while their partners in the media seek to frighten us off the streets. The latest attempt, delivered by Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government in the Dáil on the 19th of November, is the plan to charge us €160 per year for our water and to give ‘eligible households’ a water conservation grant of €100. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday November 16, 2014 - 01:15 by T
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This is a repost of an important article on the Irish Left Review website and goes into detail on the connection between the Water Charges and the upcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) which is currently being concluded in secret by the EU and US. *** The water charges can and must be defeated by resistance and non-payment but water, as a human right, must also be secured as a publicly owned and controlled resource universally available. Remember, we had to fight water charges in the 1980’s and again in the 1990’s so let’s make this win a permanent one. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday November 01, 2014 - 01:16 by T
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This water charge FAQ from the WSM answers your questions about the water charge and the growing resistance to it. If there is a question you want to ask that is not here or if you think one of the answers could be improved contact us via https://twitter.com/wsmireland or https://www.facebook.com/WorkersSolidarityMovement with your suggestions. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday September 21, 2014 - 03:28 by Jay
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Irish Water have resorted to recruiting private military contractors..... Pathetic nasty people... http://www.gumtree.ie/a-drivers-security/dublin/special...75909 ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday March 24, 2014 - 14:56 by fred
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broadsheet.ie have put together a great timelline for the activities of Irish water thus far. It makes for very interesting reading. That is, If you are into reading about how our lords and masters and their capitalist friends are taking us for a ride at our own expense and the loss of what should be very basic state run services that should never be run as for profit services. After reading this expect it to be your blood and not the kettle that is boiling! ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday December 21, 2013 - 10:39 by anon
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Luke Ming Flanagan had done his research. He knew that the word ‘piss’ was not a banned word within the rarified and sensitive environs of Dail Eireann. He had checked out the Consumer Act in order to bolster his political point. He then planned and carried out a very clever and effective political stunt to guarantee maximum publicity. Flanagan wanted to highlight the fact that the Government was planning to charge people for the ‘privilege’ of drinking contaminated water. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday September 25, 2012 - 11:37 by Joe Mc
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The Workers Solidarity Movement’s newspaper last week asked why the anarchist group’s fellow CAHWT campaigners in the United Left Alliance had held a press conference the week previously to announce plans for “a public campaign of resistance to property tax and austerity”. The WSM article calls the ULA decision “bizarre” . ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday November 27, 2007 - 10:50 by Stephen O Regan
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Coverage of the Bin Tax Protest held outside City Hall last night (Nov 26 2007). ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday March 08, 2007 - 15:02 by IMPACT newsreader
During the height of the bin tax battle, Anti-Bin Tax activists argued that the introduction of bin charges would lead to amongst other things, fewer jobs, increase in collection routes for remaining workers, increase in illegal dumping, introduction of private operators and the end of the waiver system. In two articles in the IMPACT news it would seem that the penny has finally dropped there. I post the articles here in full as non-IMPACT members might not get to see these articles. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 16:59 by Slimes Reader
Article from todays Irish Times, reposted in full because the Slimes is paid-restricted. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday March 02, 2006 - 12:17 by Phoenix Magazine
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Dublin City Council (DCC) is: busy censoring the right to "impart information by imposing a ban on the advertising of public events and meetings. ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday June 10, 2005 - 10:58 by ABTA
By Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday May 20, 2005 - 14:16 by CABT
(posted here as Irish Times is subscription site) ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday April 06, 2005 - 12:53 by ABTA
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Anti-Bin Tax Campaigners have been right all along. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday March 23, 2005 - 13:33 by ABTA
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday January 31, 2005 - 17:49 by ABTA
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national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday November 25, 2004 - 12:49 by seedot
UP TO 2,000 elderly citizens in Limerick will be forced to pay for their refuse collection for the first time next year following the axing of a waiver system. The Irish Independent has learned that the city manager has received legal opinion that the waiver scheme is not legally grounded. Since the privatisation of the refuse collection in Limerick over two years ago, the local authority had been paying up to €200,000 per annum to waste collectors. The subvention is, however, set to be terminated from the end of this year. More than 2,000 now face charges of €320 per annum. ... read full story / add a comment |
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