Paul Murphy's lawyer accuses garda of lying 'in a disreputable fashion'
Garda Gavin Cooke has denied the claim.
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Garda Gavin Cooke has denied the claim.
Garda Inspector Derek Maguire was giving evidence in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.
Seven men are accused of falsely imprisoning the former Tánaiste during a water charges protest in 2014.
A garda inspector told the trial today that he was concerned for Joan Burton’s safety.
Minister Katherine Zappone said she called 999 as she ‘didn’t see too many gardai’.
“The protesters called us rats,” one garda told the trial today.
Karen O’Connell told the court she was not proud of using ‘bad language’ and said she was very upset at the time.
Karen O’Connell said she and the former Tánaiste were pushed and shoved.
This is day three of the Jobstown false imprisonment trial.
“My politics is not about hating anybody,” Burton told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Seven men including TD Paul Murphy have pleaded not guilty to false imprisonment.
Murphy and six other accused have all entered not guilty pleas.
The sole member of the jury will now be replaced at a fresh selection tomorrow morning.
Over 100 potential jurors were called in a random ballot and a jury of five women and seven men were selected.
Solidarity TD Paul Murphy is one of seven people charged with falsely imprisoning Joan Burton.
The court heard today of the DPP’s concern that the constitutional process of trial by jury could be interfered with.
Ahead of the trial of a number of Jobstown protesters, activists have urged members of the public to stand up for their right to demonstrate.
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Reece Cullen was stabbed to death last Thursday.
Gardaí said that the male teenager was released late last night.
The 17-year-old died after being stabbed in Jobstown yesterday afternoon.
The incident happened in the Jobstown area at 3.30pm.
Children from Darndale, Jobstown, Mulhuddart, Whitechurch and a number of inner city youth projects took part in the initiative.
Last month the 17-year-old boy was convicted of falsely imprisoning then Tánaiste Joan Burton and her advisor.
“If this was happening anywhere else in the world, we’d be saying that’s mad.”
He was 15 at the time of the incident at Jobstown.
The date was set in court this morning.
The former Tánaiste and her advisor were allegedly trapped for three hours at a Jobstown protest two years ago.
The detective inspector was giving evidence today at the trial of a teenager accused of the false imprisonment of Joan Burton and her advisor.
The former Labour leader and Tánaiste gave evidence today at a trial of a 17-year-old boy charged in connection with the Jobstown water charges protest in November 2014.
A total of 20 people have come before the courts over the 2014 protest. .
The trial, due to begin next Monday, is the first relating to charges of false imprisonment in connection with the Jobstown protest which saw then-Tánaiste Joan Burton confined to her car for two hours in November 2014.
The judge says that this had been a problem at a previous hearing.
Lawyers for Philip Preston were hoping to have two charges against him thrown out because of a lack of evidence.
The defendant stated he was under the influence of tablets and cannabis that day.
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As a TD, Murphy is entitled to an annual salary of €87,258 before tax.
The court heard he has prior convictions for theft and has already served a sentence which expired in January for his other offences.
TD Paul Murphy has been granted legal aid to defend his case on charges of falsely imprisoning Joan Burton.
The teenager is accused of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton