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Anger against water tax shakes up Ireland
Published Wed, Dec 24, 2014 · 09:50 PM
Dublin
MASS protests against new water taxes set to be introduced in Ireland from Jan 1 have shown up deep wells of resentment after years of austerity, even as the economy rebounds.
Unease about the charges, agreed as a condition for Ireland's EU-IMF bailout, is threatening the current coalition government which came to power at the height of the financial crisis in 2011.
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