We’re paying a high price for privatisation

THE latest rip-off increase in prices occurs at a time when the Government is confronting workers and their unions over privatising public services. It’s no coincidence.

Public companies like Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Aer Rianta, ESB and local authority bin collections are being fattened up for privatisation.

That is the real reason for the strikes and the exorbitant price rises this year.