“WATER WARS” in IRELAND – Irish govt fears global media coverage of ‘political policing,’ anti-austerity activists say — RT News
http://rt.com/news/231783-political-policing-quash-dissent/
Irish TD Paul Murphy, who was removed from his house at 7am on Monday by police, told RT the arrests were “politically motivated,” and designed to intimidate Ireland’s anti-water charges movement.
The movement opposes the Irish government’s recent policy shift on water taxation. Campaigners warn the government’s water charges are a veiled austerity tax that many Irish citizens can’t afford to pay.