Householders urged not to pay charges by left-wing groups

A CAMPAIGN calling for the non-payment of household and waste charges has been launched by a selection of left-wing political groups, trade unions and community organisations.

Warning that charges will eventually increase six-fold, the group is to base its campaign on the successful anti-water charges protest of the 1990s, in which thousands of householders refused to pay the charge and hundreds ended up in court.

Eventually, with 50% of Dublin residents in three local authority areas not paying, the charges were abolished by the then environment minister Brendan Howlin.