A protest over the jailing of water protestors is taking place in Dublin city centre this afternoon.

Up to 1,000 people marched in Killarney on Saturday afternoon, with placards and notices demanding not just the scrapping of water charges but also an end to the bank bailout.

Hundreds of anti-water charge protesters gathered outside a hotel in Sligo this evening where the Taoiseach was attending an event.

Demonstrations against water charges are underway up and down the country this afternoon.

A local authority meeting was interrupted twice last night when anti-water tax protestors refused to sit down in the upper gallery of Cork’s City Hall.