Will this be Fianna Fáil’s last flip-flop on water charges?
The campaign of the Right2Water movement will continue: there will be no water charges through the back door
After a marathon ten-hour session of the Oireachtas water committee last Tuesday, Fianna Fáil finally caved in to Fine Gael on water charges. In a series of votes, Barry Cowen and his team opposed proposals which only days before they had enthusiastically supported.
As U-turns go, and Fianna Fáil has had a fair few on water, this was pretty spectacular.
To understand the goings-on at the water committee, you have to go back ...
