Even if we didn’t object on principle, we can’t afford the water charges

In reference to Cork woman Donna Hartnett, and the impassioned and compelling letter she wrote: it struck a chord and encapsulated the immense frustrations of ordinary families facing the onslaught of wave, upon wave of taxes and bills.

There are so many people in the same position as Donna, or worse, with the vast majority just getting by.

The Irish people have taken so many austere measures on the chin already, but the introduction of water charges has simply pushed too many of us too far. This has been the catalyst for thousands upon thousands of us to take to the streets to protest this latest assault on our already meagre means.