Posted by Cian Prendiville on Feb 20th, 2013
Up to eighty supporters of the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes gathered tonight at the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel on the Naas Road where Minister Phil Hogan was due to give a lecture on Water Metering to the Association of Professional Plumbers. Protesters were objecting to the plans to introduce water meters and water taxes on all homes by 2014.
Cllr Louise Minihan who was at the protest...
Posted by Dublin Reporter on Feb 13th, 2013
Press Statement: Minister Hogan fails to address meeting due to ‘security risk’ of protest
Up to eighty supporters of the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes gathered tonight at the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel on the Naas Road where Minister Phil Hogan was due to give a lecture on Water Metering to the Association of Professional Plumbers. Protesters were objecting to the plans to...
Posted by Dublin Reporter on Feb 13th, 2013
Proposed amendments to Property Tax will not dampen anger or sway resistance
Responding to the publication of the Local Property Tax Amendment Bill Michael O’Brien on behalf of the the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes said:
“These eighteen pages of amendments coming less than two months after the legislation was rammed through the Dáil in December are being painted by...
Posted by Dublin Reporter on Feb 11th, 2013
Press statement
Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) 11 Feb 2013
Eyewitness reports of Garda violence at South Dublin County Council
Brutal force used on peaceful anti-property tax protesters
19 year old protester hospitalised: plainclothes Garda ‘smashed my head on wall’
Campaigners against the property tax – who staged one of a number of peaceful...
Posted by Dublin Reporter on Feb 11th, 2013
Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes activists report instances of harassment by a number of ICTU stewards and Gardaí at last Saturday’s demonstrations
In the aftermath of last Saturday’s demonstrations called by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions a clear picture emerged that a number of ICTU stewards and the Gardaí engaged in a policy of harassment, physical intimidation and...