Councillor cleared over water protest

A Dublin city councillor has been cleared of a criminal offence for failing to leave the vicinity of a water protest in Dublin last year.

Meanwhile, Independent TD Joan Collins told gardaí she had a right to protest and would not move when asked to let a GMC/Sierra water meter installation crew in Dublin do their work, Dublin District Court has heard.

She is before the court for what has been called the “Crumlin 11 trial”. Gardaí have given evidence that GMC/Sierra staff were threatened by protesters at Parnell Rd, Crumlin, on the morning of April 20, 2015.