Charity gets €300,000 in water fee refunds

The Refund Project has reached almost €300,000 in donations after 1,600 households pledged some or all of the returned water charges.

The chairman of the Refund Project, Kieran Mulvey, said the response had been “excellent” and that the money would be going towards “shovel-ready projects” to address the homelessness crisis.

The latest figures from Irish Water show that cheques worth €149m have been issued to water customers — amounting to 86% of the 998,000 customers due to receive domestic charges refunds.