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# jobstown - Monday 4 April, 2016
Paul Murphy says Jobstown protesters want to face trial together
Today the case was adjourned to the 3 May.
# jobstown - Monday 7 March, 2016
"We think these charges should be dropped" - Paul Murphy defiant after Jobstown hearing
The cases of the Jobstown 18 have been put back to April. Meanwhile, another water protest is planned for this Thursday.
# jobstown - Saturday 6 February, 2016
Into the storm: Scrambling for votes in one of the country's most volatile constituencies
14 months on from the Jobstown protest, can Labour hang on to a seat? Dublin South-West is looking impossible to call – as we discovered in a night on the doorsteps…
# jobstown - Friday 22 January, 2016
Paul Murphy remanded on bail ahead of Jobstown trial
The Anti-Austerity Alliance TD has been accused of falsely imprisoning Tánaiste Joan Burton.
# jobstown - Monday 14 December, 2015
Paul Murphy: "We could be looking at months or even years in prison"
He was one of a group of people before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin this afternoon.
# jobstown - Thursday 3 December, 2015
Dublin man who broke man's jaw and put him in hospital for a week avoids jail
The attacker has been ordered to pay €7,500 to his victim.
# jobstown - Monday 2 November, 2015
Protesters support Paul Murphy and 33 others facing charges over Jobstown rally
The Anti-Austerity Alliance TD was issued with a court summons in connection with last year’s anti-water charges protest in Jobstown.
# jobstown - Thursday 29 October, 2015
Seven teenagers in court to face criminal charges over Jobstown protest
Juvenilles who were arrested in relation to the Jobstown protest appeared in court today.
# jobstown - Friday 9 October, 2015
188 arrests at Irish Water protests in the last year
Mostly for public order offences.
# jobstown - Saturday 3 October, 2015
AAA fighting garda ban on collecting money (but their lawyers say not to talk about it)
The party were supposed to hold a press conference yesterday.
# jobstown - Saturday 19 September, 2015
Crowds turn out for Dublin march in support of Jobstown protesters
The rally was organised in support of protesters charged with falsely imprisoning Tánaiste Joan Burton.
# jobstown - Tuesday 15 September, 2015
"Our backs are against the wall, we're coming out fighting": Jobstown protesters push back
“This government is a farce, a disgrace and fascist tyrants. This country is in bits and now they’re victimising the ones who were standing up for it.”
Paul Murphy has just been served with a summons for false imprisonment
The summonses relate to the alleged false imprisonment of Tanaiste Joan Burton.
# jobstown - Saturday 12 September, 2015
Massive rise in donations to Anti-Austerity Alliance since Garda fundraising ban
Paul Murphy says the denial of a collection permit has been met with “a huge amount of support and shock.”
# jobstown - Friday 28 August, 2015
Paul Murphy: It's quite shocking gardaí are 'spying' on water protesters
He and his AAA colleagues have written to the Justice Minister.
# jobstown - Monday 17 August, 2015
Protesters march to Tallaght Garda Station in solidarity with "The Jobstown 23"
It was reported last week that the Director of Public Prosecutions will direct that charges including false imprisonment be brought against up to 23 protesters.
# jobstown - Sunday 16 August, 2015
Protest planned outside Tallaght garda station in support of the 'Jobstown 23'
The activist who is organising the event asked supporters to bring “whistles, blowers, pots and pans, drums”…
# jobstown - Friday 14 August, 2015
'The fear of going to prison is horrible': Jobstown protesters still haven't been told they're being charged
Jobstown residents arrested in connection with the protest said they feel they did no wrong.
Paul Murphy says charges of false imprisonment are "absolutely farcical". Are they?
Do the charges stack up?
# jobstown - Thursday 13 August, 2015
Gardaí investigating how media knew about Jobstown charges before Paul Murphy did
The Anti-Austerity Alliance TD has complained to the DPP and GSOC.
Joan Burton will be a key witness in the Jobstown trial
The Tánaiste will give evidence when over 20 water protesters stand trial.
# jobstown - Wednesday 12 August, 2015
Over 20 people, including a TD, will be charged in connection with the Jobstown Irish Water protest
Tánaiste Joan Burton was trapped in her car at the protest.
# jobstown - Friday 26 June, 2015
'Jobstown was one of the most traumatic things I've ever experienced as a politician'
Katherine Zappone has spoken about the controversial protest in Tallaght last November.
# jobstown - Friday 10 April, 2015
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Ruth Coppinger wouldn't have called Joan Burton the C-word
The Socialist.AAA TD insists that controversial protest in Jobstown last year was “generally peaceful”.
# jobstown - Wednesday 25 March, 2015
Joan Burton 'would have to be a key witness' if Paul Murphy goes on trial
The Socialist TD suggested that the Tánaiste would have to give evidence against him over events in Jobstown last November.
# jobstown - Friday 20 February, 2015
"The establishment is scared and wants people to get back in their box" - Paul Murphy
Murphy said that Jobstown was a “messy” protest.
# jobstown - Wednesday 18 February, 2015
Enda: The guards wanted to give me extra security, but I'm grand
The Taoiseach says he does not feel extra personal security is necessary.
# jobstown - Tuesday 17 February, 2015
Enda to Gerry: "The trampoline must be having an effect on you"
You’re ‘almost like a commentator at a horse race’, the Sinn Féin president told the Taoiseach today.
# jobstown - Monday 16 February, 2015
'People like to see their TDs having good manners and some of them have crossed the line'
Independent TD Finian McGrath explains why support for independent and smaller parties has fallen.
Update: Two more arrests over 'Jobstown' today --- that makes it 22 since last Monday
A man in his 30s was arrested early this morning. Gardaí have also arrested a male juvenile for questioning.
# jobstown - Saturday 14 February, 2015
Photos: Hundreds protest over 20 arrests of anti-water charge activists this week
Socialist TD Joe Higgins said the number of gardaí turning up for the arrests was a clear waste of the force’s resources.
Clare Daly, Coronation Street and a gigantic baby : The week in numbers
Plus: How many gardaí have left the force over the past five years?
# jobstown - Friday 13 February, 2015
Jobstown: Two fresh arrests this morning (that's 19 so far, this week)
Two arrests were made in south-west Dublin this morning. The man and woman are being held at separate stations.
# jobstown - Thursday 12 February, 2015
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Five arrests over Jobstown this morning --- that makes 17 this week
It’s understood the five arrested this morning include a 15-year-old boy and a man in his 50s.
# jobstown - Wednesday 11 February, 2015
Watch: In a break with tradition, Paul Murphy was upstaged today by a (far) left-wing heckler
The recently-arrested TD took it all in his stride, as an AAA councillor politely suggested the grey-haired interrupter arrange his own press conference.
Jobstown: Four, including 14-year-old boy, arrested
The four — including, it’s believed, a 14-year-old boy — were arrested in an early morning operation.
# jobstown - Tuesday 10 February, 2015
Four arrested over Jobstown protest released without charge
A 16-year-old was released this morning, and the remaining three this afternoon.
Father of arrested 16-year-old: "There was a big bang. I thought they were putting the door in"
The teenager was led from his home by ten gardaí first thing this morning. It’s in connection with last year’s ‘Jobstown’ protest.
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