A father of five who took part in drunkenly assaulting a refuse collector after a bin was not collected because it had been “blacklisted” for non-payment has been jailed for two years.

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and Councillor Michael Murphy are “intelligent men” who “should have just walked away” from the Jobstown anti-water charges protest, a garda has told their trial.

A man with a history of “incredibly sadistic and violent behaviour” has been jailed after gardaí caught him attacking his own mother as she was trying to escort him home.