The pending reality of water charges is being brought forcefully home to the public of Co Monaghan at the present time.
Their inevitability is visible on our streets as work proceeds with the installation of the meters that will tally usage ahead of the issuing of the first bills by Irish Water in the April-June period.
The extension of the deadline for registration in order to avail of the Government’s €100 water conservation grant has also been announced this week by Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly.
This magnanimous-seeming but ultimately pragmatic move …