Irish Water a mess because of its architects

In an article in the Irish Examiner (December 2 ), Joe Gill lays the blame for the Irish Water fiasco at the feet of ‘the cohort who have made Irish Water a cause in Irish politics’.

Unfortunately for Joe, his contempt-laden phrasing misses his intended target. The ones who have made a political cause of it are those who — in typical PR spin — pretend that those who object ‘want everything for free’ while simultaneously handing over €480,000,000 of our hard-earned cash to the outfit.

To make matters worse, they spouted this while claiming that Irish Water would be ‘self-sustainable’ at ‘an average cost per family of €400 per house’, which was firmly debunked by Eurostat.