High tide reached in water charges fiasco as TDs drown in war of words

The water charges issue has, since it emerged on the political agenda in earnest in late 2013 and early 2014, wreaked havoc on all who have sought to grapple with it, writes Daniel McConnell

WHAT a shambles the past week has been. It was a week when all logic in relation to the future of water charges went in the rubbish bin and the murkiest political game-playing became the official recommendation of a powerful Oireachtas committee.

It was the latest illustration that the current political landscape in the Dail is utterly defunct and the sooner it comes crashing down, the better.