Provision and cost of water is in sharp focus

You can’t but empathise with those without water this week, yet it does pose a dilemma for anti-water charge hard left and populists, says Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

You wouldn’t wish what the 70,000 people in Meath and Louth have had to endure this past week on anyone.

The sight of army personnel on the streets is never a comforting one and a clear sign that this has been and continues to be a national emergency.