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Cork water protestors insist they won't give up

One of the leaders of a protest against the installation of water meters at a housing estate in C...
Newstalk
Newstalk

08.25 1 May 2014


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Cork water protestors insist t...

Cork water protestors insist they won't give up

Newstalk
Newstalk

08.25 1 May 2014


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One of the leaders of a protest against the installation of water meters at a housing estate in Co. Cork says they'll keep their blockade up for as long as it takes.

A man was hospitalised yesterday after a scuffle with contractors at Ashbrook Heights in Togher; Irish Water claims one of its workers was also injured.

The stand-off has been going on for over a week now and the chairman of the Ballyphehane and South Parish anti-water tax group says the protesters are well within their rights to continue their blockade.

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John Lonergan told Newstalk's Breakfast that women and children could have been endangered by the actions of workers:


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