Ex-mayor vows legal action to get water charge refunded

A former Fine Gael lord mayor of Dublin has pledged to take a legal action to have water charges reimbursed if the charges are abolished by any incoming government.

Gerry Breen, who ran for the party in the 2011 general election, says that he will look for “like-minded people” who have paid their water charges to join him in the action.

According to Irish Water, 928,000 households had paid the charge by the beginning of this year, although it is unclear as to how many quarterly bills have been paid by each household.