This Government is at risk of drowning over Irish Water fiasco

AS SOMEONE who believes in the concept of a national water authority, and who signed up to pay water charges, it gives me no pleasure to admit my mistake, writes Fergus Finlay.

But it’s the truth. Irish Water is a public policy joke.

Who is most let down by that? It’s the people — perhaps half the population, if we can judge by the number paying their bills — who agreed (mostly reluctantly, I suppose) to support the principle and make an effort.