Water protester fined over election legislation breach

Water charges protester Diarmaid Ó Cadhla, of The People’s Convention, was convicted and fined €300 at Cork District Court yesterday for failing to file a document related to electoral donations with the Standards in Public Office Commission after the 2011 general election.

Ó Cadhla, aged 53, of 8, Upper Beaumont Drive, Ballintemple, Cork, said he would not be paying the fine.

Judge Olann Kelleher imposed the fine with three months to pay, or five days in prison in default.