TD Paul Murphy, having had a fair trial, unfairly sought to ‘convict’ three members of an Garda Síochána in the ‘court of public opinion’, in the Dáil, where the officers concerned had no opportunity to respond, says Daniel McConnell

A spokesman for Leo Varadkar says the Taoiseach has "nothing to add" to comments he made about the Jobstown protest on Wednesday.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was accused of “filibustering” and “damaging confidence” in the organisation when quizzed over whether or not the Garda review into the Jobstown incident would examine allegations of gardaí giving inaccurate evidence in the criminal trial.

Ceann Comhairle Sean Ó Fearghail has sought legal advice on whether Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy’s claims three Jobstown trial gardaí committed “perjury” and “lied under oath” broke strict Dáil privilege rules.

Latest: The Dáil's disciplinary committee is to seek legal advice on whether Solidarity TD Paul Murphy abused Dail privilege today.

The Garda Ombudsman has confirmed it has not received any complaints in relation to garda behaviour at the Jobstown protest trial.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s comments about the Jobstown trial set “a dangerous precedent”.

Latest: Divisions between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are widening tonight over the Taoisach's intervention in the Jobstown case.

Leo Varadkar has made a significant intervention in the fallout from the Jobstown trial and urged Garda management to examine the investigation including any conflicting evidence.

Latest:  Gardai have initiated an internal inquiry into their handling of the Jobstown case it has emerged tonight.

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy has claimed some gardaí committed perjury in the Jobstown trial after their evidence was contradicted by video footage of the protest at the site.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that Joan Burton was "terrorised" at the Jobstown protest.

The Garda Representative Association has rejected claims that members attempted to "stitch up" the Jobstown protesters who were acquitted last week of false imprisonment.

Latest: Paul Murphy has defended his party's use of Twitter and Facebook during the Jobstown trial.

The Taoiseach says the Jobstown verdict must be respected.

The #JobstownNotGuilty campaign is staging a public rally in Dublin this afternoon calling for charges against the remaining defendants to be dropped.

The road of the newly-acquitted Paul Murphy from his privileged past to the criminal courts has included its fair share of ups and downs.

The Jobstown Six protesters claim their trial was “a stitch-up” as part of attempts to suppress the growth of the left-wing movement.

If Mr Murphy, Mr Barry, or Ruth Coppinger wish to claim victory for what Jobstown was, they have shown they are unfit to hold public office, writes Daniel McConnell.

Paul Murphy has been the poster boy for the water charge protest, which has seen main parties twist in the wind for two years, writes Michael Clifford.

Update 4.42pm: There are calls this evening for an independent inquiry into the prosecution of the Jobstown Trial.

As six men were found not guilty of falsely imprisoning former tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser at a water charges protest, Isabel Hayes looks at how the arguments played out. 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, especially in politics — it might save many blushes had we the facility to change the past. Ask Theresa May or Hillary Clinton. Or Joan Burton.

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy is demanding a full independent inquiry into the Garda investigation of the Jobstown protest after his acquittal yesterday.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has today rejected allegations of any Government agenda in relation to the Jobstown trial.

The final closing speech has been heard in the Jobstown trial today.

The trial of six men accused of falsely imprisoning the former Tánaiste Joan Burton has heard that the root cause of an escalation in the protest had to be "laid firmly at the door of gardaí".

Gardaí made “unwise and inappropriate” decisions at a water charges protest during which the former Tánaiste Joan Burton was allegedly falsely imprisoned, a trial has heard.

The prosecuting barrister Sean Gillane told the jurors this afternoon that the case against one man would not proceed any further.

A 71-year-old man charged with the false imprisonment of Joan Burton during a water charges protest in Jobstown told gardaí he had joined the protest while in the area getting petrol.

A garda witness has said he was called a “woman beater, a disgrace, a uniformed scumbag and a coward” after he helped a woman who fell over during the Jobstown water charges protest, reports Isabel Hayes.

A garda has told a court he was hit in the head with a can of Red Bull while moving former Tanaiste Joan Burton through the crowd at an anti-water charges protest in 2014.

A garda at the trial of seven men charged with falsely imprisoning TD Joan Burton and her aide said she genuinely felt she was going to be “crushed” by a crowd of water protestors in Tallaght two-and-a-half years ago.

A garda has been accused of lying “in a dishonest and disreputable fashion” about Solidarity TD Paul Murphy's actions on the day of the water protest, writes Isabel Hayes.

TD Paul Murphy told an RTÉ news reporter that former Tánaiste Joan Burton was detained as part of a “peaceful protest”, his trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A garda inspector has told the trial of seven men accused of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton during a water charges protest in November 2014 that one of the defendants said she could have “sanctuary” in a nearby church.

Former tánaiste Joan Burton has denied she left out any reference to “water protesters” in her statement to gardaí because she wanted to make the protesters out as a “disorganised rabble”.

The Vietnam war and Lyndon B Johnson put in appearances at the Jobstown trial yesterday. It’s all a long, long way from a west Dublin enclave and water charges, but such is the meandering journey of this unique trial.

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy is to face a trial accused of false imprisonment of Tánaiste Joan Burton during the Jobstown anti-Irish Water protest last year.

It’s just as well the forces of law and order were asleep when FF and FG were collecting, writes Michael Clifford