Get rid of Irish Water and cut our losses

It used to be so simple. If the local water main leaked, you phoned the local water authority, and they came out and fixed i

Get rid of Irish Water and cut our losses

Not any more. Phil Hogan said: “there are 32 water authorities which is far too many for this country.”

True, so we expected him to amalgamate some of them bringing the number down to say twenty or even eighteen. Hah! No way, instead he created a monster called Irish Water.

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