Water charges protest meeting set for saturday

Anti-water tax campaigners are organising a public street meeting in Cavan Town for next weekend. 
The meeting is being held as part of a series of protest events on Saturday November 1 in towns all over Ireland as part of the nationwide Right2Water campaign.
Organisers will be on Market Square, Cavan Town, this Saturday (October 25) from 1pm to discuss the issue and inform anyone who wants to get involved. Groups will meet again on Market Square at 3pm on Sunday afternoon to further co-ordinate events for November 1. 
Already people have volunteered to distribute leaflets and posters in communities and towns throughout the county. Local facebook groups have been established - Cavan Says No and Cavan Says No To Water Charges. Some 2,000 Facebook users have been invited to take part in the Cavan protest with almost 400 'confirmed’ so far.
Emmett Smith of Cavan Says No said: “Over 100,000 people marched in Dublin last week against Irish Water and charges. A wave of anger has erupted all over Ireland after six years of austerity. People have had enough and many simply cannot pay.”
The number of protestors in Dublin took authorities by surprise and since the water charges came into effect on October 1, there has been a growth in lobby groups against the charges with a surge of meetings and protests organised nationwide to mobilise people power.
John Walsh of Right2Water believes people should not be charged for water. “Water is not a commodity, it is a human right. Irish people already pay for water through general taxation; why should they have to pay twice? Irish Water is just the first step to full privatisation of our water supply, which will see bills steadily rise, as happened in Britain and other countries. We cannot allow this to happen.”
'Right 2 Water’ is the national lobby group, which organised the march in Dublin, one of the biggest seen in the capital in recent years. 
The lobby group is an alliance of trade union, community and political groups including independent councillors, People Before Profit, Anti-Austerity Alliance, Sinn Féin Ireland and the Mandate, Unite, Opatsi, and Civil and Public Service unions.