Book review: In Deep Water: How People, Politics and Protests Sank Irish Water by Michael Brennan
Going deep into the messy story behind Irish Water
Politics: In Deep Water: How People, Politics and Protests Sank Irish Water, By Michael Brennan, Mercier Press, €18.95
Arthur Guinness has a good claim to be the patron saint of Irish water protesters. In 1775, Dublin Corporation billed him for the H2O from two illegal pipes that were supplying what is now St James’s Gate brewery. When workers arrived to disconnect him, the records show, they were confronted by a furious owner who...
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