VIDEO: Irish Water denies ‘secret deals’ to not install water meters in homes of protestors

Irish Water contractors are not installing meters in the homes of protestors after striking secret deals.

With the installation programme delayed across the country following mass demonstrations, scuffles, and court injunctions, it has emerged protest organisers have brokered deals which allowed meters to be installed in houses which have signed up, but not in those who objected to the charges.

Campaigners say they have struck agreements with contractors in Cork, but it is not known if the practice is widespread across the country. The campaign started in Carrigaline and Cobh and then spread to Tower, near Blarney.