Bernie Hughes (top) and Derek Byrne (above) at the High Court
Five water charges protesters who have been found in contempt of court have been given jail sentences
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 19, 2015
Jail sentences of 28 days given to Bernie Hughes, Michael Batty and Derek Byrne. Damien O’Neill and Paul Moore given 56-day sentence
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 19, 2015
More as we get it.
Protest after water charge demonstrators jailed for contempt (RTÉ)
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Bernie Hughes speaking before sentencing this afternoon.
Thanks Mark Malone
Meanwhile…
‘sup?
Minister for Publixc Expenditure Brendan Howlin and Minister for Finance in The Liffy Trust Center, Dublin launching the SME-targeting Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in Dublin this morning.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Protesters block the prison van leaving the High Court this evening.
(Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Best result for them. They can pretend to be martyrs now.
I contemplated buying that white and blue jacket in Bershka and then I noticed all these people wearing it in town. Close call, fashionably speaking
They’ll never bet you for martyrdom though will they Bobby?
Bet that made more sense before you typed it out.
You’re right, Im sobbing because oh noes I made an mistake on the interwebs. How will I face my mother again?!
I see you don’t pretend to be anything other, than what you are Bobby.
That comma makes your comment all the more mysterious…
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dis coment :)
Je suis Derek. Could these people be any worse?
They could be called Jonotti I guess.
+1
was gonna say Hitler but think yours is worse
Zing!
I agree, wish him all the luck in prison. He’ll have a fun time in there. Sanctimoniousness moron.
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Great; even more taxpayer money waste on the saps
Locked in your lovely state purchased chauffeur driven car for a few hours
VS
Jail
…. seems fair alright
*locked in of your own accord
*locked in your own Honda Accord
Locked in your own haunted accordion.
So we’re all allowed break the law because a minister has a chauffeur driven car. Great logic. Also they are not going to jail because of that particular protest.
Contempt of court, often referred to simply as “contempt”, is the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful towards a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies authority, justice, and dignity of the court.
Fits the bill…
If the court is biased, absurd and unfair then the only option is contempt
sustained
These people are being jailed for contravening a High Court order not to block works being carried out by GMC Sierra on behalf of Irish Water, not for the Jobstown protest.
Breaching a High Court order got them put in jail.
Hmm. “Je Suis Derek”?
It’s a mnemonic to remind him of his name.
He has a t-shirt that says ‘Je Suis means I am’.
Heeeeh heh.
Ha!
I bet he has “rorrim eht ne nam eht ma I” tattooed on his chest
Stoopid fuppin’ writing backwards typos !
‘ni’ not ‘ne’ …tis ruined I tell ya, ruined !
One of the protestors (found guilty) is in Lanzarote…for health reasons.
LOL.
so what? are protesters not allowed fancy phones or discount sun holidays too now?
“I can’t afford to pay the water charges!” said he via satellite link from Puerto Del Carmen.
Fairy muff if they don’t want to pay them (with a valid reason) but it’s a bit RICH otherwise.
So do you think that if someone only has 101 euro to their name and they get a water charges bill for 100 euro, they should pay it?
No holidays this year kids, we need to spend more money on water we cant drink.
…and be greatful that the staff of this company receive a bonus for their prompt payment and entrance into poverty?
I feel sorry for your poor underused brain.
No bonuses
“I feel sorry for your poor underused brain.”
Jeez. You’re not very gentlemanly when you’re flinging your opinions around, are you?
I have manners but theyre for nice people
It’s true. I’m a bit of a dick.
FAIR ENOUGH!
You’re a f***ing moron. I can’t afford a holiday for my family. And I can’t afford to pay these bullshit charges either. And I know I’m not the only one – and guess what? I would be classed as one of dem posh wans by half these people. And I couldn’t give a monkeys – if I had the time Id be protesting too. You can afford stuff – well done. I’m happy for you. But many, many people cannot – and this doesn’t make us bad people. Can you get this into your dense skull??
I cannot be the only one thinking Coppinger is saying ‘Now, ye promise ye won’t drop me when I reach the bottom?’ on that first pic.
isnt he the guy who called squee a midget parasite?
the fat bald one with a hat? yeah.
He’s a shortbottome himself
Is also a parasite in fairness.
“There is no such thing as a guilty protestor. Accusations of guilt are merely the spoonfuls of success desired in the first place.”
Alex Ferguson after winning the treble in ’99.
How safe can this ‘judgement’ be if it was delivered with the aid of 4 armed corporate enforcers flanking the alleged ‘judge’?
Irish Wasters are finished after this.
I hope they put you in leg irons as well
Proper order. I hope the screws give them a good batin
Unprovoked incitement to violence… the Blueshirt runs deep in this one.
you shouldn’t sniff jock’s panties so much, it’s beginning to turn you a bit weird.
haha I do get a sort of sick pleasure out of winding you guys up I must admit ;)
i hope you wash your hands afterwards..
I use that Michael Hutchence ‘technique’ actually – soon as I hit ‘reply’ the saliva starts to run down my legs
miriam o’callaghans brother is gmc’s barrister. looking forward to more impartial coverage from rte.
What is the modern utopia of yours where siblings get on with each other? Did you grow up in a cult*
*I realise the proper answer here would be ‘I did for about 9 months’
If you’ll be my dog I’ll be your bitch Mani
Da?
Rough, rough.
You’d never know they grew up in the same postcode, based on their accents. I cannot ABIDE Miriam’s accent, and it’s all the more obvious it’s totally fake when you hear Jim.
You don’t like miriams accent, genuinely?
Hurts my sensitive Cork ears.
reporshing fwor oohhrr tea eeee….. wohsher meeshers prewtoss-tersss gew to cwort
not everyone opposed to water charges agrees with this means of protesting. I favour the silent protest, not speaking as I bin IW registration pack.
…the dogs of war…as Shakespeare or Ruth might say…have been let slip.
with your sister, not on your sister of course!
“get on with your sister”, not “on your sister”
Je suis Der!
I am now calling these people Freetards.
retards who want everything for free
and we shall call you ‘the big pink stiff one’.
Freetards – yeah I like it, original and imaginative.
I’ll be waiting with baited breath, for any other pearls you feel like casting.
Free like hospitals, schools and roads.
Water pipes need a flat tax that someone on welfare pays the same amount as a billionaire, but roads are paid for progressively according to means via taxation.
Makes sense to me.
Why not pay for electricity and gas out of general taxation, so?
⇨ because if we did, there would be no onus to conserve on the consumer.
bingo. It’s a perfectly sensible and reasonable policy that will ultimately save us money.
good
Excellent news. It’s a start.
Vile bunch.
will they get out to draw the dole or do a bit of shoplifting at all?
Wow, so edgy
That’s lazy and silly – plenty of holes that you can poke in water protesters arguments without making stuff up.
Will they be water metered while in custody ?
That’s a matter for the board. And any likelihood of ‘intelligence’.
i think slopping out is exempt, no?
I see their supporters are now protesting by sitting on the road outside the courthouse. There’s a very high level of stupids here. Still… entertaining for civilised educated folk.
Careful Bacchus, your class prejudice is showing.
It’s not a question of class.
Its clear you have none anyway
Clearly.
Yes, I’m classless. I live in a Marxist utopia.
“entertaining for civilised educated folk”
“will they get out to draw the dole or do a bit of shoplifting at all”
Oh, if only everyone was as posh and well-behaved and not poor like you
or articulate.
“There’s a very high level of stupids here”
Quite
or have a sense of humour.
You’d be funny if you weren’t such a pompous idiot
http://m.imgur.com/OcBBa2z
Reported
What’s happening Broadsheeple commenters with your hatred of people who stand up and protest? Is today Denis O’Brien Love-in Day.
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next.
Because we don’t support violent illegal protests we must be supporters of O’ Brien? Brilliant logic. And satrt your own “guess the lyrics” thread.
“Violent illegal protests”?
That’s a Blueshirt talking point if I ever saw one.
Wrong again Zuppy, never voted FG or FF in my life and never will. But if it makes you feel better to think you’re insulting me fire away.
show me violence. show me law breaking. show me actual bodily harm caused by protestors.
we’ve all seen it
so you got nothing.
While some actions of some protestors may have been in breach of the law the protests themselves certainly weren’t.
I don’t think you need to worry about Denis O’Brien, he will be collecting his cheque either way.
Why people think it’s acceptable to call someone installing a water meter a traitor, and a scumbag, is beyond me.
They are just doing a job. Its not like they turned down a high-paying job elsewhere to come work for Denis O’Brien, they are doing it to pay the mortgage and feed their kids like rest of us (that are lucky enough to have a job).
If this makes their working conditions a little less stressful and safer, all the better.
if you’re going to send a workman to do anything, it should be to fix an oul leak or replace an oul lead pipe or two first, no?
Well, at the risk of kicking off what seems to be a bit of a permathread in these parts, I think the usual response is to say, they need the meters to find the leaks…. and I goes on from there.
Ultimately, you either agree with water as a utility or you don’t. Yea, its a mess. Maybe it was always going to be that way. If I was the focus on anything, it would be that Irish Water becomes a well run utility company, using its profits to drive investment into the area, reducing leaks, improving infrastructure and what not.
So I don’t mind paying for my water. I am lucky I can afford it. Its not like I am loaded but in the scheme of things (income tax, property tax, usc, mortgage, the enormous weekly sums I hand over to Aldi and Supervalue each week), its not a big expense.
Water is a right.
I disagree, but there you go.
You’re not wrong , but having clean water pumped into your house , and having your shyte pumped back out Isn’t a “right”. It’s a privilege that you have to pay for.
Nobody’s stopping anyone from harvesting rain water or going to wells…
Fair enough. Let’s deny you all water because of some bogus corporate policy and see how long you last.
About 3 days I reckon.
@ Paps
It’s already paid for.
It’s not that black and white.
I’ve no problem with water billed as a utility, provided it’s based on usage, with a generous minimum free amount.
I do have a problem with national infrastructure investment being funded by a flat tax. It’s not water production and delivery we’re paying for – maintenance basically – it’s a whole new network, and I believe that much like roads, you pay for capital projects progressively, not X euro for pensioner A and billionaire B.
” First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”
From someone who knew a thing or two about peaceful protest
Yes, people wanting stuff for free is exactly the same as India’s struggle for independence.
Troll harder Bob, you can do better
Je Suis a commuter.
There are no politicians or members of Irish water stuck on buses on O’Connell street now, I’m betting.
Is that not Dennis O’Brien upstairs on the 9?
The 2016 general election is going to be some fun. I really hope the “We Won’t Pay” people are organised enough to run a few candidates.
The man in the scarf in front of the prison van is this guy, isn’t he?
http://www.herald.ie/news/protester-allegedly-injured-a-garda-with-a-paintbrush-30468642.html
It’s either him or a Michael Hutchence tribute act
Justice is served. They might get to meet Oscar Pistorious
Wtf is wrong with you
The judge has been unduly lenient – there is too much deference to the great unwashed.
GREAT hat on Derek!