Latest: FF/FG deal would see water charges suspended for nine months

Latest: Water charges will be suspended for at least nine months should a deal between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney told the Dail today, writes Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner Political Editor.

Update 4.08pm: Water charges will be suspended for at least nine months should a deal between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney told the Dail today, writes Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner Political Editor.

Outgoing Environment Minister Alan Kelly launched a blistering attack on the proposed Fine Gael-Fianna Fail deal to suspend water charges, describing it as “economic and political sabotage”.