Protests about a lot more than just €3 a week

Leo Varadkar’s somewhat petulant comments regarding the protests against Irish Water yet again betray the fact that the government clearly don’t understand the people.

There are many people for whom €3 a week — or more accurately €160 a year in total — is a burden too far. There are a great many more people that are fully cognisant that water charges — if they’re allowed to stand — will soon be a lot higher than €160 a year.

This is merely the ‘introductory offer’ to get the citizens to accept a charging regime.