Taoiseach’s message from Beijing: Pay up

Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he expects people to “measure up”, “obey the law” and pay the €100 household charge.

With just 72 hours until the deadline passes for homeowners to register, Mr Kenny sent a message from Beijing that he expects the public to fork out. “The law is there. I expect that people will obey that law,” he said on the final day of his trade mission to China.

“I expect the people, as they always do in Ireland, to measure up here and come out in big numbers over the next few days and pay their charge, which is due.”