Residents force water protesters out

Water meter protesters have been forced to withdraw from part of a Cork housing estate after complaints from long-time residents.

Tensions between the residents of Elmvale estate off the Sarsfield Road and a small group of protesters, some of whom also live in the estate, have escalated in recent days.

Some residents opposed to the week-old Irish Water blockade said they were angry at the protesters who “took over” their estate with no mandate from the vast majority of an estimated 160 householders.