Cork residents stop Irish Water work

Residents of a Cork housing estate are in a stand-off with Irish Water workers.

Protester confronting Garda for not up holding his oath , and siding with a government agency #irishwater pic.twitter.com/YzY8FNCn5k

— keith o brien (@kthefish) April 22, 2014

Gardaí were at the scene this afternoon at the Ashbrook Estate in Togher as angry residents, including members of the Campaign Against Home and and Water Taxes, mounted a demonstration after the workers tried to install water meters there.

It is understood that all work has ceased at the site as Gardaí deal with the situation.

All photos: Keith O'Brien.