Property tax protesters invite TDs to meeting

The anti-property tax campaigners who disrupted a local authority meeting in Cork have challenged TDs to face the public at an open meeting.

The Cork Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes said they want TDs to answer questions from people who just can’t afford to pay the property tax, and who are struggling as a result of austerity.

But two government TDs indicated they are not prepared to walk in to an ambush. Fine Gael TD Jerry Buttimer said: “I engage with people all the time. But if it is the policy of this group not to pay property or water tax, then why engage? I will however, give the invitation careful consideration.”