Tara Robinson has vowed to fight eviction from her home at The Strand Apartments Complex, Limerick, by direction of US ‘vulture fund’ firm Oaktree Capital.

Cork City Council finally voted last night to fill a vacant council seat after new legal advice said it was the “option of least risk”.

A senior Garda refused to grant an Anti-Austerity Alliance councillor a permit for house-to-house and street collections in Dublin because she believed the money would be used for illegal acts, a court has heard.

Water charge protesters stormed a meeting of Cork City Council last night in solidarity with jailed campaigners in Dublin.