It’s sink or swim time for government

BRACE yourself Bridget, there be stormy seas ahead. Next week, the long-awaited report from the Water Commission is to be delivered to the Dáil and government.

The Commission’s job has been to design a future for how we as a country will fund our water network.

Politically, however, the commission’s job is incredibly complicated, given the disparate make-up of the present Dáil.