The front page of The Irish Examiner tells us how local authorities are planning to deal with non payment of the household charge.

An estimated 600,000 households have not yet paid the charge and now county councils will have to “look down the back of sofas” in order to balance the books. Cutting staff wages is not an option because they are protected under the Croke Park agreement.

In order to balance budgets and deal with the estimated €60 million shortfall in revenue, local authorities will apparently be forced to take “extreme measures” such as switching off street lights and closing public parks.

If you’re one of those households who haven’t paid, would these ‘extreme measures’ change your mind?

And if you have paid, is it fair for you to be penalised with the non-payers?