Further to the temporary injunction that Justice Patrick McCarthy granted to GMC/Sierra on Friday, restraining seven men and two women or anyone with knowledge of the court order, from assaulting, harassing, intimidating, or otherwise interfering with or obstructing the company’s workers from installing water meters in Dublin city…an ‘advertisement’ on Gumtree.ie today.
Specialist Security Officers Required for Irish Water protesters Nationwide (Gumtree.ie)
Temporary court injunction granted against water meter protesters (Independent.ie)
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I hope the protesters are pleased with themselves; another cost to be borne by the taxpayer.
Yeah, I bet they get the nice biscuits and all
When the oppressed become the oppressors
Jeez. Some people just don’t want to pay for anything!
I’d love an hourly sandwich, I’m lucky if I have two a day.
Who are they being protected from? The pro-water charges lobby? Will Phil and Denis be clothed like characters out of an episode of Just William while standing on the road side with placards, catapults, kicking dirt from the side of the road and calling names and running away only coming back again to continue their taunting…. the little tykes, eh…. or is it to protect the marchers from themselves?
http://www.gumtree.ie/a-drivers-security/dublin/guard-dogs-need-your-job-will-to-protect-attacks-made-by-irish-water-workers-on-the-public/1001188547320910350195009
Do the anti-everything fools think that’s in any way amusing ?
Crumbs!
We don’t want to be lawfully hindered or prevented from hindering and preventing the lawful installation of water meters!
Any word if the Hells Angels will be taking the contract?
Usual right wing peons on here spouting their nonsensical diatribe.
I consider myself left wing but I support the property tax and water tax. In any other country supporting those taxes wouldn’t be considered right wing. They’re certainly not regressive.
+1 ditto
can you explain why you support paying for water twice?
I support regulating people’s water usage. At this time were never going to get an equivalent reduction in other taxes to offset the water charges. It’s annoying, but that’s life.
Do you support the current situation where people can use as much water as they like and there is no incentive to conserve water?
Can you explain how you are paying for it twice?
Please, no rambling answers about tax, because we all know that all taxes in this country go into a pool and there is no specific collection for water. But, I await your answer all the same.
It is spelt PIGEONS
D-d-d-d-d….pidgeons!
Nope. No D.
I like the extra tea you get for smashing hippies/old people. Lovely.
Read it again.
This is what happens when you dont get free tea
Why every company doesn’t have an additional tea incentive is beyond me!
Why are people angry? Why do they protest? Is it the perceived cronyism involved in the privatisation of the water supply? Is it the fact that people are now paying for water 3 times (income tax, buying drinkable water in shops, new water tax)? or the privatisation contract was awarded using the ‘prospective’ vendors figures that were either complete guess-work or not fully costed, which could imply a predestined contractor regardless of the figures?
what does all this have to do with assaulting the workmen contracted to install the meters?
This is bullcrap Kolmo – “paying for water 3 times (income tax, buying drinkable water in shops, new water tax)”
The rest… carry on.
Talk to someone in Co’s. Roscommon, Galway or other parts of the country with contaminated water supply, they are paying twice for the water now, when the new tax comes in, it’ll be 3 times…
See my question to Hirsuit Hare above.
I can’t find the link right now but Irish water rates were abolished in 1977 or so.
Other taxes (VAT, Income Tax) were increased at the time in order to pay for water.
Good piece on the water fiasco by Gene Kerigan in the Sindo yesterday.
Good piece, and the sindo, are usually followed by ‘for lining the bird cage’.
Gene Kerrigan is the exception.
…oh and Barry Egan. But that goes without saying…
And Colette Browne.
good piece?
Usual tripe from Kerrigan.
Water charges (and property tax) should have been there all along like in a normal country. Now that a sensible policy is being followed we get the carping about bondholders.
If the financial illiterates whining had advocated sensible broad based taxation system instead of Crack Cocaine like Tax that was Stamp Duty the bubble wouldn’t have been as bad.
Yes, we all partied.
“sensible policy” ….right. I’ll pay for a sensible system no problem, but this is not sensible, the whole set up is a joke from the start made by crooks and with crooks, that’s my issue.
But at least Denis O’Brien is happy; his company got the water meter installation contract. And if Denis is happy, Enda is happy. Who cares about the schmucks paying twice for water.
This takes the biscuit…