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# Water Charges

Ireland's water charges protest made the international headlines

The march made the news in Iran, Sydney and Russia.

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Oct 12th 2014, 8:30 PM

# Water Charges

'If we want sustainable public services like water, we need mechanisms to pay for it'

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said we can’t go back to the old ways of narrow taxation.

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Oct 12th 2014, 1:05 PM

# Water Water Everywhere

Is water a human right?

Here’s what the UN says.

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Oct 11th 2014, 9:45 AM

Voices

Column: The European Commission is not recognising the human right to water

There have been countless examples of how little Commissioners care about ordinary people. Now they have snubbed a proposal which almost 1.9 million people have put their names to, writes Paul Murphy MEP.

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Mar 21st 2014, 6:04 PM