Water campaigners finalising election manifesto

The Right2Water campaign is finalising a de facto manifesto for potential election candidates which will focus on the wider austerity debate.

Union and political figures involved in the campaign confirmed the move after launching the movement’s latest national day of protest, which will take place tomorrow, saying it will create a “coalition of candidates”.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner after the meeting outside Irish Water’s offices in Dublin, Unite trade union leader and Right2Water official Brendan Ogle said the group is drawing up a list of “alternative” national policies.