'Right2Water Ireland' rally in Dublin – Sinn Féin calls for support

SINN FÉIN Councillor Daithí Doolan has called for the best turnout possible at Saturday's Right2Water rally in Dublin, starting at 2pm from the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square.

Right2Water is a citizens’ campaign supported by trade unions Unite, Mandate, the CPSU and OPATSI, as well as by Sinn Féin, People Before Profit, the Anti Austerity Alliance and the Workers’ Party. The campaign is also supported by a range of community groups and individual activists.

Saturday's short march will go from Parnell Square at 2pm, down O'Connell Street and along D’Olier Street, turning back into Westmoreland Street, and finishing at the GPO.

Councillor Daithí Doolan said:

“Sinn Féin opposes water charges. We believe the Right2Water campaign will be essential to overturning these charges. It is an important coalition of forces including trade unions, political parties and campaign groups.

“Like all service charges, the water charges will impact on low-income families the most. The lone parent and pensioner will pay the same as the Taoiseach and the millionaire. This is wrong and must be resisted.

“Water charges have been a disaster for this government. This regressive tax will only be reversed when the Government feels the pressure of people power and is left with no option but to do the right thing.

“Sinn Féin is centrally involved in the Right2Water campaign. We believe water is a right and are committed to the abolition of water charges. The more that unions, activists and community groups become involved in this campaign the sooner we will see the end of these charges.

“The march on Saturday 11 October will be essential to putting this campaign on the map. Everyone who opposes this charge should join with us on the march. If people have meters or not, they should be on the march; if people decided to return their Irish Water forms or not they should be on the march; if people decide to pay or not to pay they should be on the march.”