Former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes says the government has made a "God awful mess" of Irish Water.

Hundreds more people took to the streets yesterday to protest against water charges, ahead of a national demonstration on December 10th.

In Cork, more than 2,000 people marched through the city centre yesterday afternoon.

In Dublin, another protest attracted around 1,000 people - with protesters gathering outside the Irish Water headquarters on Talbot Street.

And an estimated 3,000 protesters were in Limerick and several hundred attended a rally in Galway.

The protests by the We Won't Pay campaign were originally organised to coincide with the deadline for the registration of water charges.

Mr Dukes says he thinks the government will keep the current system until a more coherent approach can be formulated.