TD refuses to pay for water meter

A Government TD has told the Taoiseach and the boss of Irish Water that he will not pay for his house to be metered for a second time "because it makes absolutely no sense".

Fine Gael’s Tom Barry said he was highlighted “the nonsense” that the utility wants to put new meters in homes on commercial properties, such as farms, which have already been metered for years.

Mr Barry’s home is on his farm at Killavullen, near Mallow, Co Cork, and he says the whole property, including the house, has been metered since 1966.