by Alan Jacques
(pic: Munster Images)
IRISH Water is set to go up in smoke this weekend with a major bonfire in the city giving those opposed to the charges an opportunity to set their bills alight.
Billed as a “family-friendly protest”, the event organised by the We Won’t Pay campaign will take place from 2 to 3pm at City Hall and is expected to be “the biggest ‘bonfire in the history of Limerick”.
This Saturday’ protest is being billed as the most colourful and lively yet, with face-painting, music, balloons and an ice cream van.
According to Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Cian Prendiville, the bonfire is a chance for all those opposed to water charges to come together. He is also encouraging people who have already binned or burned their bills to attend.
“Non-payment is not an individual action, it is part of a mass movement – the biggest movement in the history of the State. This event is about solidarity, people standing together and burning their bills, sending a clear message to Irish Water and the government that we have no intentions of paying twice for water,” he explained.
“There will also be a ‘Trial of Denis O’Brien’, where we will have a mock billionaire take the stand, and we will list out all the charges of greed and cronyism against him and allow the public to be the jury,” he added.
