"obtain revenue from the anaemic celtic tiger."
Crap
It was a money-making scheme full stop

From the Independant IE
How the household and water charges will work

June 2 2011 5:00 AM

•WHAT is the household charge being introduction on January 1 next?

The Government committed last November in the EU/IMF bailout to introducing a property tax in 2012 and water charges by 2013.

Who is talking crap? The newspaper or an ignorant ecoloon?