Protest march overshadows Taoiseach's speech

Taoiseach Enda Kenny warned his party had no cause to celebrate while hard-pressed families struggle, despite earlier urging them to cough up for the controversial household charge.

More than 800,000 householders had still not paid the €100 levy in the run-up to the Taoiseach’s address at the 76th Fine Gael ard fheis in Dublin city centre.