Household charge to be collected ‘relentlessly’

Many disgruntled property owners still refuse to pay the household charge.

But their neighbours, having paid it, now face cuts to local services.

A war of words is simmering in communities where funds for facilities are being slashed because of low rates of collection of the charge. In some counties, nearly half of homeowners still refuse to pay the €100 levy. Others have complied but still face punishment with local cuts.