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Higgins hits out at government over household charge payment allocations

Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins has hit out at the government over claims they could punish local authorities who did not receive significant number of payments of the €100 household charge before last Saturday’s deadline. Deputy Higgins said that there would be public outcry if…

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High Court grants councillor leave to challenge Household Charge

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The High Court has granted leave to a Dublin City Councillor to challenge the implementation of the household charge because the legislation has not been published in Irish. Lawyers for Thomas Brabazon from Raheny argued that the two months notice given to householders to pay…

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Nationwide campaign being planned against household charge

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A series of countrywide meetings are being planned by those opposed to the new €100 household charge as they step up their campaign in the coming weeks. Campaigners are also planning a national poster campaign, door-to-door canvassing, and the delivery of some 250,000 newsletters in…

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10,000 homeowners have now paid Household Charge

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Up to 10,000 homes are now reported to have paid the controversial new €100 Household Charge. The new figure was revealed by TV3 News this morning, with the number continuing to shoot up despite strong opposition to the charge from certain quarters and hefty criticism…

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Jan O'Sullivan appointed new Minister of State for Housing

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Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore has appointed Jan O’Sullivan to the vacant position of Minister of State for Housing. The 61-year-old Limerick-based TD succeeds Willie Penrose, who quit the super junior position last month in protest at the army barracks in his native Mullingar being…

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Number of TDs opposing household charge rises to 18

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The number of TDs boycotting the new household charge has now risen to 18. Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has become the most high profile of the deputies opposing the new €100 charge, which comes into effect in January. The campaign against the new charge was…

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Hogan hits out at "irresponsible" TDs opposing household charge

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The 14 TDs threatening to boycott the €100 household charge would bring the Oireachtas “down a very dangerous road for our democracy,” Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has warned. Hitting out at the group who are refusing to pay the charge, Mr Hogan described…

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Opponents of household charge ready to go to jail rather than pay

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Nine Dáil deputies vehemently opposed to the introduction of the new €100 household charge insist they will go to jail rather than back down in their campaign against it. Socialist Party duo Clare Daly and Joe Higgins, as well as independents Joan Collins, Richard Boyd…

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TDs urge public to boycott household charge

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A number of TDs are refusing to pay the controversial new household charge of €100, which comes into force in January. The Socialist Party’s Joe Higgins and Clare Daly and independent TD Thomas Pringle have all said they will not pay the charge and have…

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