Irish Water: Taxpayers’ cash ‘funds utility bid to survive’

Fianna Fáil has accused Irish Water of using taxpayers’ money in order to prevent it and other political parties from implementing the people’s will and abolishing the utility.

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, the party’s environment spokesman, Barry Cowen, has set out his party’s priorities as it begins intensive talks with Independent TDs about forming a government.

Mr Cowen says that one of his priorities is the abolition of Irish Water and he is scathing in his criticism of the utility’s use of taxpayers’ money to fight for its survival.