Modernising our water system will create jobs

The Irish Water debacle staggers on and one can only feel the company has lost all credibility with their proposed customers. But our water supply is not one issue but two.

In Ireland, water is not a precious commodity. It rains down on us endlessly, flows though us and lies all around us. Our forefathers paid for and built the collection plants, treatment centres and distribution networks to deliver it to our homes.

This water is essential for life and should be free to all who live on this island but has always been charged for through central taxation and this is still the case. The current scam is simply an effort to charge us all twice for it.