The deputy lord mayor of Cork has dismissed calls from Irish Water protesters for his resignation, and that of the lord mayor.

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.

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.

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.