Higgins: Message of mass non-payment of water bills spreading

Sat, 18 Apr, 2015 - 17:37

Thousands have taken to the streets of Dublin city to bin their water bills.

Putting 'pretend' bills into bin as #irishwater couldn't do that right either #binyourbill #irishwater #sixone pic.twitter.com/VNt3ikklxM
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) April 18, 2015

Anti-water charge campaigners are calling for a mass boycott of people on paying the charge.

#Binyourbill #Right2Water pic.twitter.com/IbqquEBFrV
— @k8noth8 #CeaseFireNow (@K8notH8) April 18, 2015

The demonstrators marched through the city centre to Leinster House this afternoon.

Jaysus, big mad water charges protest going on in the city centre there.. pic.twitter.com/H0bEQmFMyw
— Seán Connolly (@TheSonicScrew) April 18, 2015

Socialist TD Joe Higgins says the message of non-payment is spreading through communities across the country.

FAIR CITY Thousands on streets for Dublin anti-water charges protest@IrishTimes http://t.co/wW2Ta4dGRc pic.twitter.com/x8cQrCYCaN
— Going Forward (@rgmcdermott) April 18, 2015

He said: "Thousands of activists mainly have come out onto the streets from around the country and the main message from today is that people are going into their communities organising at local level for mass non-payment and mass boycott of the water charges.

"That is the key issue that will defeat the water charges; a mass boycott carried into every community and that's the message here today."

Garden of rememberance #burnyourbill #Right2Water @woddiewoman @caulmick @SaorAgusGaelach @maryharryheff pic.twitter.com/rMNgXgY3sY
— eithne paisley (@pixie_paisley) April 18, 2015