Anti-water charge protesters say they have been snubbed and insulted after the deputy Lord Mayor of Cork refused to accept their petition of 15,000 Irish Water boycott signatures.

A group opposed to water charges has gathered almost 15,000 signatures from people who have vowed to boycott Irish Water.

The People’s Convention and groups linked to it have been hit with over €10,000 in litter fines for alleged illegal postering in Cork City.

Cork City Council spent approximately €1,200 hiring outside staff to provide security at two of the local authority’s meetings this week, one of which was cancelled due to a protest.

Protesters who successfully halted two consecutive meetings of Cork City Council were nowhere to be seen last night, as councillors finally managed to come together, uninterrupted, to trawl through the vast array of items accumulated over the past month.

Cork City Council had to abandon its meeting last night after an anti-water charge protester refused to leave the council chamber.

A large building materials firm has moved to ease fears about plans to develop a construction and demolition waste recovery facility near one the country’s largest housing estates.

Cork City Council was plunged into crisis last night after it failed to adopt its 2015 budget — despite two votes.

Thousands of people took the streets over the weekend to tell the Government that they won’t be paying their water charges.

The young man who called off his anti water charges hunger strike last night has pledged to devote his energy to fighting the tax in an organised manner.

A man began a hunger strike and slept outside Cork City Hall last night in protest at water charges.

Several local election candidates defied litter pollution laws yesterday to highlight what they claim is an “inequality” in electoral law.

Protesters were locked out of Cork City Hall last night as councillors agreed a 2014 budget described by the city manager as a “turning point” for the city.

The new lord mayor of Cork ignored a large vocal protest last night and vowed to review city centre parking policy and advance plans for a new food emporium for the city.