Protesters halt council meeting

Over a dozen gardaí had to be called to Cork’s City Hall last night to end a tense standoff caused after anti-household tax campaigners forced the abandonment of a council meeting.

It was the second time in three months that members of the Campaign Against Household and Water Tax interrupted a city council meeting.

At the last protest in October, campaigners occupied the council chamber, and the meeting resumed after gardaí cleared it.