Ireland treated like European colony

I have tried all my life to be a good and law-abiding citizen, never to break the law of the State.

When Phil Hogan said we all have to pay €100 every year for my home I reluctantly paid as I did not want any trouble from the law.

Now no sooner have I paid when the new Government wants me to pay another tax, this time on water. I’ve already lost €16 each week taken from my invalidity pension. I’ve lost the Christmas bonus, now the powers in Dublin want us to vote yes in a referendum that will legalise hard times. If we vote no, will the Government bully us to change our minds?

The Government should be fighting our corner, not doing the dirty work for the foreigners, as Ireland is now being treated as a European colony. The only referendum I now want to vote on is: Do we stay members of the EU? And should we default on the money the Government and rich Irish borrowed from the foreigners that we didn’t get, and are being made to pay back on their behalf?

Martin Ford

Sligo