High Court strikes out charge against water meter protester

Trial of three others accused of breaching exclusion zone continues

The High Court has struck out contempt proceedings against one of four water meter protesters in court today for allegedly entering an exclusion zone around meters being installed in Dublin.

Reports that Government has scrapped planned €160 broadcasting charge

The replacement for the TV licence fee was due to be introduced in January 2015

The Government has apparently scrapped the planned €160 broadcasting charge.

The proposed charge was to be a replacement for the TV licence fee, and would be imposed on all eligible households, regardless of whether they owned a television or not.

VIDEO: Praise floods in for victorious Katie Taylor

She claimed unanimous victory in the final of the AIBA Women's World Boxing

Katie Taylor has been hailed as the "greatest ever athlete" in Ireland, after she won a fifth consecutive world boxing championship this morning.

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Taylor - calling her "without doubt" the greatest sportswoman in Irish history.

Dublin Spar worker refused to serve homophobic customer, hailed as hero

#SparGuy

The internet is all aflutter this morning as a worker in a Spar shop in Dublin declined to serve a homophobic customer over the weekend.

LISTEN: West Dublin couple living in their car, after their rent went up by 50%

AUDIO: Ciara Dwyer says the local council have nowhere to put them

A married couple in their 20s have been living in their tiny car for more than three weeks in west Dublin after their rent went up 50%.

Ciara and Shane Dwyer could no longer afford the house, and say they cannot find another home they can afford in the Jobstown area of Tallaght.