Today, we start paying for a once-free precious resource. Caroline O’Doherty outlines the terms and conditions

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny made his displeasure known. But arguably a much more telling statement came from Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin.

The sale of state assets has been denounced by trade unions, with Siptu general secretary Jack O’Connor claiming there was “no justification” for the move and that the measure was “a tragedy” for Labour.