Jay Lester, this morning

An 18-year-old man, who was found to have falsely imprisoned former tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser in Jobstown in Tallaght three years ago, has won his appeal, after lawyers for the State said they would not be contesting the case.

A judge at the Children’s Court in 2016, ruled [Jay Lester] was entitled to make a finding of guilty in the case against the teenager, who was 15 at the time, of the protests against water charges in 2014. The judge said he would leave the young man without a criminal conviction if he was of good behaviour for nine months.

However, the man and his lawyers appealed the Children’s Court ruling to the Circuit Court.

This morning, in a brief hearing, lawyers for the State said they would not be contesting the appeal.

In fairness.

Teenager wins appeal over Jobstown ruling (RTÉ)

Rollingnews

Update:

Jay Lester and mum Sandra address the media as Paul Murphy (far left), Solidarity/People Before Profit TD, looks on.

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Kolumbus – You Know It’s Christmas (featuring the West Wicklow Voices)

Pete Murphy writes:

Mark Caplice is a Wicklow=based songwriter who goes under the stage name Kolumbus. Christmas 2015 saw this Kolumbus release hit no.1 on the national Google Play Charts ahead of Justin Beiber and Adele raising funds for Inner City Helping Homeless and The Lions club.

This year Mark is taking a slightly different approach to fundraising and asking people to put aside their Fivers for the month of December in aid of ICHH.

Mark says: “In the space of one month I was able to save over 300 euro by simply putting aside any five euro notes I came in contact with. This sparked the idea, Why not start a campaign and hopefully use the effective saving technique to help others.”

Kolumbus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvk3d2Fkh9I&t=0s

A Swede in The Hand.

A short, IKEA-based comedy from a new Irish web series, Logan & Regan, starring Peter Melrose and Seán McGillicuddy.

They say:

Logan & Regan is a satirical look at society through the eyes of two twenty-somethings who are living together and trying to keep up with modern culture and trends, often failing spectacularly.

Logan & Regan

Saturday morning.

Drumcondra, Dublin 9

Tents along the bank of the Royal Canal. The Inner City Helping Homeless group has accused Waterways Ireland of trying to clear rough sleepers from the banks and bridges of the Royal Canal It said the agency issued eviction notices to people sleeping in tents beside the canal.

Earlier: Bring Your Own Bag

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