Dublin European election candidate Ben Gilroy has raised a lot of eyebrows as he and his "hurley stick" star in a viral campaign video.

A High Court judge has imposed a community service order for admitted criminal contempt of court on Ben Gilroy, a founder of Direct Deomocracy Ireland, reports Ann O’Loughlin.

A bank-appointed receiver has secured a High Court injunction requiring anti-eviction activist Ben Gilroy and several others to vacate a commercial premises in Dublin.