Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The most articulate summing up of the debacle over the past few weeks was the article which appeared in Waterford Whispers Newsthis morning. It states:

Government announce sequel to Irish water. Due to popular demand, the Irish Government has announced the stunning sequel to one of Ireland’s most beloved and celebrated entertainments ... “Everyone’s talking about it,” said a government policy expert “and you’ve got to hand it to Fine Gael, no one rolls out a [feck-up] quite like they do”. Demand for bin charges is not believed to be as low as Irish Water at its height-----

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