Irish minister receives bomb threat as water levy protests escalate


  • World
  • Monday, 17 Nov 2014

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The constituency office of the Irish minister overseeing unpopular new water charges received a bomb threat on Monday, the latest escalation in Ireland's most serious anti-austerity protests to date.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the government's plans to levy direct charges on households to use water for the first time next year.

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