Our watershed moment beckons in memory of men and women of 1916

Minister Simon Coveney has said there is no chance of Irish Water disappearing off anywhere, a statement that shows the arrogance of the blueshirt brigade.

Coveney would not dare address his farmer friends with such temerity. The people are going nowhere until this despised quango is abolished and a referendum held to enshrine Irish water in public ownership.

If Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, who signed up to water charges on day one, are determined to go to war against our communities then people who have never used their democratic mandate (an incredible 50% of the population) must present themselves at the next election.