one of my shinner mates (i'm from donegal, you just end up having shinner mates here full stop) posted a solicitors letter recently saying that legally if you dont register you are not liable to pay. i'll have a look for it, but cant verify wether it is real or true. on the other hand i really have no wish nor intention to pay it. the council have both manipulated our estate and have stalled on the maintenance, so we've been paying private firms for that in the meantimes.