The bigger picture on water charges is the collapse of establishment politics

Most Fine Gael TDs are out of their comfort zones in attempting empathy with the unwashed, suggests Gerard Howlin. 

STICK with me honey, and you’ll be farting through silk” was the lure of Robert Mitchum for an unnamed actress. History doesn’t record if she filtered her flatulence through that fine fabric.

But listening to trade union leader Brendan Ogle this week, I thought Ireland had found a new Robert Mitchum in the swagger department. It is astonishing to stand back and look at the phenomenon of Right2Water. It’s pure Hollywood; make-believe. But in the movies you can be anyone you want. Even water is a human right, not an expensive commodity.