Scene at Jobstown was like a rugby maul, inspector tells trial

A garda inspector has told a trial it was like a “rugby maul” when he tried to escort Joan Burton through an angry crowd at the Jobstown water protest.

A 17-year-old boy denies falsely imprisoning the then tánaiste and her political advisor, Karen O’Connell, during the water charges protest at Fortunestown Rd, Jobstown, in Tallaght, Dublin, on November 15, 2014. He was aged 15 at the time and cannot be named because he is still a minor.

Ms Burton had been attending a graduation event at 11.30am at An Cosán adult education centre.