6,000 jeer delegates in their glass tower

Councillors jostled to the ground, delegates verbally abused and a Garda security ring keeping protesters at bay — not the image Fine Gael wanted for its first post-election ard fheis.

More than 6,000 people, young and old, marched on the National Convention Centre in Dublin during the latest mass protest.

Party members were not only verbally abused but also knocked to the ground and spat at.