FF promises to scrap ‘failed’ Irish Water

A water protest earlier this year.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has calling for the scrapping of water charges and the abolition of Irish Water. In a significant hardening of his party’s stance on the issue, he said that Irish Water had failed and it should go before it did any more damage. And he said that leaks should be fixed before there were any water charges.

“After 13 U-turns by the government, the water charges will give the ...