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The Daily PollTHIS MORNING RTÉ reports that the expert commission on water may recommend that a “modest” water charge be implemented here.
The report suggests that sources from the commission say a water charge of some description may need to be put in place in order for Ireland to satisfy its legal obligations to the EU.
The water commission itself was established after Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael came to an arrangement to temporarily suspend the controversial charges which had led to a widespread protest movement.
Just one week after the establishment of the commission in July its chairman Joe O’Toole was forced to resign after giving an interview to the Irish Examiner in which he said he thought people should pay their water charges.
But given the two years of protests that followed the creation of Irish Water and the establishment of water charges, would you be willing to pay a “modest” water charge?
We’re asking: Would you accept a “modest” water charge?
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Shh don’t tell the Japanese whalers that.
Whale wars part 2
Jake
whales in the sea – good ,
whales in coppers – bad
Them’s are the whales I was refering too.
Its great to see that there still are whales out the alot of them get killed every year by the Japanese. Intelliged mammals
Not so intelligent, they haven’t worked out how to avoid Japanese whaling ships yet. If they were smarter they would.
15.000 whales are killed each year to give people their tuna. The Japanese say they are killing them for “research” but they were outed a few years ago when they mistakenly said it was for food. Well hopefully the Russians will keep one of the Japanese ship’s so that they cant do this years seasons killing in December.
Don’t kid yourself Ellie, if a whale ever got the chance he’d eat you and everyone you love!
We have enough whales here already..
Call me Ishmael.
The Japanese are hunting Whale for centuries, they are a renewable food source, lump it or like it(I personally don’t like the idea I will say but..) they are just another mammal that humans have and do still eat and hunt, if you have a problem with it and eat fish and meat your a total hypocrite, shocked by imagery only, do you think that chicken your eating had a nice life in the wild where it bred and was free? It could barely move in the disgusting cage all its life! I feel more sorry for the tasty chickens. Also the Japanese people and their culture has a huge respect the sea and the whale more than anybody on this earth, they revere the animal and the sea that has given them life. Once it’s regulated sustainable hunting for a plenty full species, which it is regardless how horrible it looks, I have no problem with it besides the fact it doesn’t look nice for me, in the west, without a recent whaling dependency, or history of hunting and eating them.
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