CARTHY HITS OUT AS GROUP OFFERS TO REMOVE WATER METERS
A WEXFORD councillor has criticised a collective of women who are promising to remove water meters from outside people’s houses in town and county.
Independent Cllr Ger Carthy said he couldn’t understand why a Wexford branch of the self-proclaimed Women Water Warriors has been established when the issue of water charges had been largely resolved.
‘ That’s a thing of the past surely...it has been resolved - there isn’t water rates, so I can’t understand what’s the benefit in doing this,’ said Cllr Carthy.
However, Women Water Warriors said there are a large number of people in Wexford who want their water meters removed. ‘Due to the volume of message requests we were getting from Wexford, it was blatantly obvious they wanted their meters out, but there was no way we could cope with demand. Luckily enough, we had a girl who was more than willing to set up her own crew and they are more than happy to remove meters from all over Wexford.’
A WEXFORD branch of the self-proclaimed Women Water Warriors has been established promising to remove the water meters of anyone asking them to do it for them.
‘Brilliant news for the people of Wexford, due to the volume of message requests we were getting from Wexford, it was blatantly obvious they wanted their meters out, but there was no way we could cope with demand,’ Women Water Warriors said on social media, their normal means of communication.
‘Luckily enough, we had a girl who was more than willing to set up her own crew and theyb are more than happy to remove meters from all over Wexford.’
The group says it will send requests on the Wexford crew through the Facebook private messaging service.
Women Water Warriors says it will not stop until all meters are removed from the ground. ‘ Together we will put a stop to Irish Water.’ The national group, a collective of women coming together for civil obedience and direct action, was formed last month and already has thousands of likes on its Facebook pages, which include videos of its members removing water meters.
Under the Water Services Act 2007, it is an offence to ‘remove, damage, or impair’ the proper working of a water meter.