Water protesters prepared to be jailed

FOUR water scheme protesters are willing to go to jail rather than allow a pipeline to be laid in Limerick, it emerged yesterday.

The men are opposing Limerick County Council’s plan to link their freshwater scheme with the Shannon Estuary Scheme, which takes water from the “polluted” River Deel.

Their spokesman, Dan Foley, 64, said they were determined not to halt their protest, despite being notified of legal action by the council.