Éirígí For A New Republic spokesperson Damien Farrell has responded to the latest threat to introduce an ‘excessive usage charge’ for water in the Twenty-Six Counties. Speaking from Dublin’s South West Inner
Éirígí stands in full solidarity with the Jobstown accused. In particular we extend our support to the seventeen-year-old at the centre of the political show trial which began in the Children’s Court in Dublin today [19 Sept 2016]. Today’s ‘trial’ would be laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
In a blatant act of populist opportunism Fianna Fáil has finally caught up with public opinion and called for the abolition of the unjust Water Tax. We produced this video over three and a half years ago – advocating direct action to frustrate the installation of water meters.
The Water Tax debacle embodies everything that is wrong with the political and economic system in the Twenty-Six Counties. The piece below details the key events over the last twenty years that have led us to
Despite Bertie Ahern’s u-turn on school water charges in the Twenty-Six Counties there remains a number of serious questions to be answered in relation to the issue.
Éirígí activists were involved in a variety of political actions across Ireland over the weekend. On Friday afternoon, Éirígí members participated in 'Shell to Sea’s' protest outside of Shell HQ in Dublin, while later on
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has reacted angrily to the posting of ‘indicative’ bills to every household in the Six Counties by the British government’s ‘Water Service’.
In a boost to the growing momentum of the anti-water charges campaign in the Six Counties, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have thrown their weight behind a policy of mass non-payment.
In a further progressive step towards ensuring democratic control of his nations natural resources, Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday, 3rd January celebrated the departure of French-owned water utility Aguas de Illimani.
