Water protesters’ fury at Burton’s ‘Hollywood’ remark over phones

Labour leader Joan Burton has drawn an angry response after saying water charge protesters put Hollywood “in the ha’penny place”. 

The Tánaiste has accused those involved in campaigns against the charge of double standards by having “extremely expensive phones, tablets and video cameras” and said “the core part of the campaign is to video every single second”.

As protests grew in Cork, Dublin, and Limerick, Ms Burton told the Dáil families were being “intimidated” by people “taking over their estates and deciding what their attitude to Irish Water should be”.