Several demonstrations have taken place across the country against water charges.
An estimated 3,000 people took part in a protest against water charges in Limerick this afternoon which was organised by the Anti-Austerity Alliance and the 'We Won’t Pay Campaign'.
The theme of the march this afternoon was "No means No".
Socialist TD Joe Higgins joined the protest and addressed the crowd.
He said the strength of the continuing demonstrations showed that house holders were not convinced by what he called the "political trickery of the Government' in the concessions on charges recently announced in the Dáil.
He described the concessions announced by the Government in the Dáil recently as a "massive climbdown" but predicted the campaign would continue until the water charges are abolished.
A hearse carrying anti-Government slogans as well as describing water charges as a death tax was also driven through the streets as part of the demonstration.
The march was one of a series of protests around the country today.
In Cork more than 2,000 people marched through the city centre in a demonstration also organised by the 'We Won't Pay Campaign' and the Anti-Austerity Alliance.
Meanwhile in Dublin another 'We Won't Pay Campaign' protest took place, attracting around 1,000 people.
Protesters gathered outside the Irish Water headquarters on Talbot Street.
Several people spoke at the event including Ruth Coppinger TD and Paul Murphy TD from the Socialist Party.
In Galway several hundred water charge protesters marched up Quay Street and through Shop Street to Eyre Square.
The demonstration was organised by a coalition of groups, including the Right2Water group, Sinn Féin, Glór Na Tuaithe and others opposed to Irish Water.
Several hundred protesters have marched through Galway in opposition to water charges pic.twitter.com/RQsyZoGr56
— Pat McGrath (@patmcgrath) November 29, 2014The event heard from a number of speakers.
One of the speakers, Suzanne Rudd, told the crowd that they should be mindful of the impact protests to date had on Government policy.
She said people were fed up being told what to do and the Fine Gael/Labour coalition had done "backflips" on the issue of water charges in recent weeks.
The role played by social media in helping to galvanise support for protests was referred to by a number of speakers.
One of the organisers told the demonstration that his phone was bugged twice by the Government, who he said "hated Facebook" for the way it allowed people to communicate.
The protesters have also been critical of RTÉ and the Denis O'Brien owned media because they say it is not reporting factually on the campaign of opposition to water charges.
Organisers of a march in Clonmel said around 2,000 people took part.
