The Deputy leader of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, has reiterated she will not be paying her water charges, but she has registered her details with Irish Water.

Ms McDonald says she is in a position where she could pay, but she has seen an increasing number of people who cannot, and she intends to stand in solidarity with them.

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Deputy Mary Lou McDonald believes a huge proportion of people can't or won't pay.

She said: "I could pay this charge, however I have seen in increasing numbers, not least in my own constituency, people who simply cannot pay this charge.

"they feel extremely angry, but also extremley fearful, and I took a decisoin many months ago to stand in solidarity with them."