Prospect of cuts appalling, but opposition to household tax remains

Dramatic coverage has been given to the views of Paul McSweeney of the Local Government Management Agency, the body charged with organising the collection of the household tax.

The Irish Examiner (Aug 17) even notes as its headline that “Councils may have to turn off street lights”. Let’s face it, this is indeed an appalling prospect.

But how exactly does the crisis in local government funding relate to the household charge? Let me state clearly that I am a householder and a member of St Lukes Area Branch in Cork of the Campaign Against The Household and Water Tax.