The Workers’ Party have said that the reported decision of Irish Water boss John Tierney to stand down at the end of his contract and the company’s plans to re-brand itself are a clear sign that Irish Water is on its last legs and that anti-water charges activists should increase the pressure on the government and on the company.
Seamus McDonagh (WP)
Meath East Workers’ Party representative Seamus McDonagh said the reports, in today’s Sunday Independent newspaper, are an unmistakable admission of failure.
Mr. McDonagh said: “The idea that a major company founded just two and a half years ago would lose its CEO and be forced to rebrand so soon shows that it has failed utterly. The fact that it is continuing to meet massive resistance from householders despite coercion and cash inducements confirms this. As companies go Irish Water is a basket case”
“Rebranding Irish Water is no different to the rebranding of the Windscale nuclear plant in Britain as Sellafield in the early 1980s. It will fool nobody and its toxic legacy will stick to it as long as it survives. To add to this is the fact that the Irish Water brand didn’t exactly come cheap, it has already cost hundreds of millions of euro. Giving it new stationery and a new logo on its vans will not delay its day of reckoning”, said the Workers’ Party representative.
Mr. McDonagh said the developments confirmed that the opponents of water charges and Irish Water were winning and should encourage more people to get involved in the fight to increase the pressure and ensure the abolition of water charges and the end of Irish Water.