Gards do a good job keeping law and order with little resources. They are told to go to protect water meter installations by their superiors who are only interested in protecting their elites buddies no point in blaming the guy on the beat. The problem is when the gards do catch a bad guy / human traffickers / drug dealers etc. Our court of laws are to lenient and often people for serious crimes walk away with a suspended sentence….

There’s also the issue of the lad doing the meter installation us only doing his job so he can pay his bills too.

Guards are the mobile revenue commissioners of the state

Nope. Just stop Protecting DOB’s interests is all…

I do not blame the guys on the beat they do an incredible job working om the front line and have been used to police politically since the start of the water mess. When I see images of twenty guards around a water meter installer and then read stories like this you have to ask how many of these slaves in our country could be free if similar resource levels were put into finding the gangs responsible for this as opposed to being used to politically police those who opposed the sale of our greatest resource our water. Hot bank for the record I am against violence of any type.

Oh that’s ok then Jane. Just doing my job.. No bloody excuse..

Excuse for what? They don’t need an excuse. They’re doing their job for mediocre pay. Do you think the lads down shoveling out the dirt are getting rich on the back of it? If you want to protest go up to GMC and protest there (they are the ones making money), stop the delivery of meters, stop the meters from leaving their depot.

Oh I have protested Jane. What have you done? Nothing but keyboard warrior..

They won’t stop the metering. The water supply will have to meet a standard where every household in Ireland will be able to drink it straight from the tap and not boil it. The delusional mob that think they can turn the clock back to the good old days of carrying s bucket to the well will have to get a few slaves to carry the buckets for free for them.

But you did blame the guys on the beat Brian Boru

Not at all hotbank I blame the people that created the situation those elected to lead, insinuating anything other is just lying.
But as a card carrying member of a particular party I can appreciate that honesty is not a virtue you respect and you would rather spin it and lie that it is about water conservation as opposed to making billions from a massive scam.

La la stuff T, we all know we pay for water through general taxation.
That is why we have taxation to provide services to the citizens of the country. If there are no services then there is no need for taxation. I want to see my tax used to pay for services not squandered on gambling debts.

They water meter installers have no mandate
If they’re not wanted at a house they should piss off!!!

But it is not about water quality. It is about selling it off to the lowest bidder. If it was about quality there would be no question about enshrining it in constitution and then people would happily pay.