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.

THIS day last week just after hearing the verdict in the Jobstown trial I took out my phone and fired off a tweet.

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

The people in the dock were either going to emerge as heroes or as martyrs, writes Fergus Finlay.

The body representing members of An Garda Síochána has refused to offer an explanation as to how Garda testimony during the Jobstown trial was at odds with the video evidence offered to the court.

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

The Taoiseach says the Jobstown verdict must be respected.

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.

“You're entitled to those views but those views have to be left outside the jury room."

The jury in the trial of Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and five other men accused of falsely imprisoning former Tanaiste Joan Burton has been told their political views must be left outside the jury room.

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

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.

Gardaí were ordered to leave a water charges protest because some of them were armed, the trial of seven men accused of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton has heard.

A garda inspector has told the trial of seven men charged with falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton that he was concerned for her safety during a water charge protest in November 2014.

Latest: One of Joan Burton’s special advisers has described a water charge protest she got caught up in as one of the scariest experiences of her life..

Former Tánaiste Joan Burton has been told that as a public representative, she should be “big enough and bold enough” to take distasteful name-calling on board, a trial has heard.

The trial of Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and six other water charge protesters has heard they were “plainly involved” in restricting the liberty of then TD Joan Burton in 2014.

Some criminal trials manage to attract huge public interest, but few have ever matched the opening day of the trial of the so-called Jobstown Seven.

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy has pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning the former Tánaiste Joan Burton in Jobstown in Dublin on November 15, 2014.

Seven water protesters accused of falsely imprisoning Joan Burton have told a court they will not speak about the trial at an upcoming protest rally.

Politicians, rights campaigners, and commentators have joined forces to raise concern about the so-called Jobstown trial, claiming the court case is the “criminalising of political protest”.

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy and six others are set to stand trial on April 24.

Latest: A Garda Inspector who escorted Joan Burton through a crowd of water charge protestors in 2014 says it was like "moving through a rugby maul".

Former Tanaiste Joan Burton has told a court she did not think she had the alternative of being able to get out of a car during Jobstown protest writes Tom Tuite.

A judge has ruled that those facing charges arising from a water protest in Jobstown in Dublin will be tried in separate groups.

A 16-year-old boy has been given a six-month sentence and become the first person to be jailed for taking part in violence at the Jobstown protest, writes Tom Tuite.

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy said today that he wants to be tried with all the other water charge protesters accused of falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste in Dublin.

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy has been sent forward for trial accused of false imprisonment of Tánaiste Joan Burton during the Jobstown water protest

Socialist TD Paul Murphy has said that he is looking forward to reading the Tánaiste’s statement to Gardaí about an alleged false imprisonment in Dublin.

A 16-year-old boy has been given a chance to avoid a six-month sentence after he admitted getting caught up in violence at the Jobstown protest last year.

Socialist TD Paul Murphy says he plans to “vigorously defend” charges of falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste and one of her advisers.

The DPP has directed that Socialist TD Paul Murphy be tried in front of a judge and jury on charges of falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste and her adviser.

Socialist TD Paul Murphy is due in court today to face charges of falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste Joan Burton and one of her advisers.

Seven youths aged 14 to 18 are facing trial on charges connected to the Jobstown water protest last November during which Tanaiste Joan Burton was allegedly trapped in her car for over two hours.

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste and one of her advisers during a water charge protest in Dublin.

Organisers say that a protest in Dublin this afternoon aims to highlight what they call an "attack on civil liberties in Ireland".