World of Politics with Harry McGee

That was a blast from the past that we did not see coming. On Tuesday, the Irish Independent reported that new Minister for Housing and the Environment James Browne had been briefed by officials on plans to introduce water charges this term.

You could see by the reaction from the Opposition. Within a short while of the news breaking People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy was out on it.

The briefing talked about a very generous water allowance to households and it was only when a house started using 1.7 times more water than the average that charges........

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