Water: Householders will foot water-meter bill
HOUSEHOLDERS face having to pay the cost of installing water meters in their homes when water charging is introduced in 2011. Hard-pressed homeowners, already hit with a carbon tax and facing a property tax from 2011, may be forced to pay a standing charge on their water bill to recoup the cost of installing the...
Complaints over traffic controls at new bridge
THE €60 million Samuel Beckett Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin opened to traffic yesterday with mixed reports about its effect on traffic flows in its first day. While AA Roadwatch said it had not heard of any specific problems with traffic, a handful of callers to RTÉ’s Liveline programme complained about it. A...
