Water protesters march on Alan Kelly’s Nenagh office

Anti-water charges activists chant anti-Government slogans at Tipperary rally

Anti-water charges protesters  gathered in  Nenagh  on Saturday, August 8th, 2015,  and walked to the offices of Minister for Environment Alan Kelly (above),  where they chanted anti-government slogans. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Anti-water charges protesters gathered in Nenagh on Saturday, August 8th, 2015, and walked to the offices of Minister for Environment Alan Kelly (above), where they chanted anti-government slogans. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

Almost 200 people attended a protest against water charges in Nenagh, Co Tipperary on Saturday afternoon.

The protest, organised by the Nenagh & District Against Unjust Water Charges group, was also attended by anti-water charges groups from Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Kerry.

Anti-Government slogans

Participants gathered at Nenagh railway station and walked to the offices of Minister for Environment Alan Kelly and Fine Gael TD Noel Coonan, where they chanted anti-Government slogans.

They then gathered at Banba Square for speeches.

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Among the speakers was Sinn Féin local councillor and general election candidate Seamus Morris.

Derek Byrne of Dublin Says No, John Lonergan of the Ballyphehane Anti-Water Charge Group, and Mick White of the Nenagh group also addressed the crowd.