Water protests are as ridiculous as a TV sitcom long past its best

The anti-water charges movement has ‘jumped the shark’ in the sincerity of its protests, writes Alison O’ Connor.

HE anti-water-charges movement has ‘jumped the shark’ in the sincerity of its protests. That is the phrase that comes to mind as I observe the antics of some of the protesters, who have brought the movement into disrepute. I just wish they would shove off and let people, including those employed by Irish Water, or our democratically elected representatives, get on with their business.

‘Jumping the shark’ is a phrasecoined by American Jon Hein, and his friends, to describe the moment a TV show began to decline in quality.