Ó Cuív protest 'in breach of court order'

The High Court has been told that Fianna Fáil TD Eamon O'Cuiv has been protesting at Ashford Castle in Co Mayo in flagrant breach of a court order.

Deputy Ó Cuív was one of around 150 demonstrators who gathered last Friday to object to the closing off of an alleged right of way in the grounds of the five-star hotel.

Earlier that day the owners of the luxury hotel had secured a temporary High Court injunction stopping people from obstructing the entrance, roadways and bridges at the Ashford Castle estate.

They claim an earlier protest had caused great inconvenience to staff and guests at the hotel.

Deputy Ó Cuív was described today as being in flagrant breach of the order and his name along with other protesters is to be added as a defendant to the proceedings.

The case returns to court in two weeks' time.