A group of around 30 people, a small number of whom were parents of children attending nearby schools, protested outside a reception centre in Killarney Co Kerry today where the first of 55 men seeking international protection arrived.

Ten years ago, John Hannon could hardly walk from his home to his car. Yesterday he travelled to Dublin to demand that a drug that transformed his life continues to be available.

Several hundred protesters opposing Donald Trump have gathered outside the hotel where he was scheduled to speak to California Republicans.

Protesters have clashed with police in several French cities over proposed reforms to the country's labour rules, and strike action forced cancellations and delays at two major airports serving Paris.

Thousands have turned out in Dublin for a demonstration in support of anti-water charge protesters who are facing charges in connection with a protest in Tallaght last year.

A military court in Thailand said it will release 14 student activists from detention but they will still face sedition charges – and the prospect of years in prison – for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.

Anti-water charge protesters say they have been snubbed and insulted after the deputy Lord Mayor of Cork refused to accept their petition of 15,000 Irish Water boycott signatures.

Anti-water charge protestors have said Irish Water will fund the bank bailout and not repair of the water system.

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.