Planning NOT to pay the household charge today? Here’s what to do
So you’re liable for the household charge but you’ve decided you’re not going to pay? Here’s a few things you might want to do instead.
View ArticleHow many people have paid the household charge now?
The official deadline passed at midnight on Saturday night – but more people have paid since then.
View ArticleSeveral thousand a day paying the household charge
The final deadline was at midnight last Saturday when an estimated 800,000 people had paid – but how many people have paid the charge now?
View ArticleEstimated 890,000 have paid the household charge
The official deadline passed on 31 March but several thousand property owners have paid the €100 charge over the past ten days.
View ArticleHousehold charge registrations creep over 900,000 barrier
Around 10,000 new households have been accounted for in the last three days – still only just over half the population.
View ArticleColumn: Ireland may not riot like Greece – but protests are spreading
The ongoing campaigns against the household charge, Anglo, and NAMA show the political terrain is ripe with possibility, writes Moira Murphy.
View ArticleAung San Suu Kyi boycotts Burma’s parliament over oath
Meanwhile, the EU has announced lifting sanctions against Burma after year of political reform.
View ArticleTymoshenko to face charges in murder case
Former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, whose imprisonment has cast a shadow over Euro 2012, will faces charges relating to the 1996 murder of Yevhen Shcherban.
View ArticleBoyd-Barrett ‘should be ashamed of himself’ over Household Charge boycott,...
The Taoiseach can only barely hold back after Richard Boyd-Barrett uses Dáil time to promote an anti-household charge protest.
View ArticlePhotographers boycott Stone Roses reunion tour in copyright dispute
The Stone Roses angered photographers with a contract requiring them to hand over copyright ownership to the band.
View Article‘Absolutely justifiable’ to use allowances for boycott campaign – Higgins
The Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins has said it is okay that deputies use their travel allowances for the purposes of travelling the country urging people to boycott the household charge.
View ArticleHiggins slams ‘manufactured controversy’ over use of TDs expenses
Independent TD Thomas Pringle said that he did not use expenses to travel around the country to urge people to boycott the household charge as other independent deputies have done.
View ArticleNot guilty: Ireland reacts to Michaela McAreavey trial verdict
A ‘boycott Mauritius’ campaign was spontaneously started on Twitter last night.
View ArticleThe Evening Fix… now with added signs your childhood is over (sorry)
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
View ArticlePoll: Do you think the water charge will be largely boycotted?
Government is concerned that people won’t pay. Are they right to be worried?
View ArticleINMO: Minimal applications means boycott on nurse graduate scheme working
The HSE has said that the numbers applying for the scheme have been small, leading to a review taking place.
View ArticleJust 84 applications for graduate nursing scheme processed
The INMO said the low numbers were a testament to the effectiveness of its boycott of the scheme.
View ArticleLos Angeles want 1980s revival as they plan future Olympic bid
When L.A last hosted the Games, Ronald Reagan was US President, Russians boycotted and Like A Virgin topped the charts.
View ArticleBoston cardinal says he will boycott event because Enda Kenny is going
Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Enda Kenny is “aggressively promoting abortion legislation”.
View ArticleWhy are people refusing to read the Daily Mail today?
#dontreadthedailymail has been trending on Twitter.
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