VIDEO: Lord Mayor of Cork defends petition stance

A defiant Lord Mayor of Cork insisted last night that she will not accept an anti-water charges petition because it urges people to break the law.

Fianna Fáil councillor Mary Shields, whose term in office ends on Friday, spoke out after three water charges protesters targeted her home early yesterday before The People’s Convention mounted another protest outside City Hall last night.

It was the second time in two weeks that the group has tried to present the petition calling for the non-payment of water charges, which it now says has been signed by almost 16,000 people, to the mayor.