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Sea of Irish Protesters: 'Water Is a Human Right!'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/sea-irish-protesters-water-human-right
Massive demonstration admonishes new water tax as further austerity
Sea of Irish Protesters: 'Water Is a Human Right!'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Monday, October 13, 2014
As many as 100,000 people took to the streets of Dublin on Saturday to denounce a new water tax and declare, "Water is a human right."
Protesters say the water charges, to begin next year, are yet more austerity measures that have pushed people towards a "tipping point."
Fifty-year-old Martin Kelly held a sign reading "Stop the great water heist" and told Reuters, "There is absolute fury against what the government has imposed on the people."
"This day will go down in history as the day that the people decided to roar," said Independent TD Clare Daly. "We are here in our tens of thousands to say water is a human right, based on need, not an ability to pay."
