TD cleared of breaching public order act during water protest

TD Joan Collins has been cleared of breaching the Public Order Act during a water protest in Crumlin in Dublin last year.

The outgoing Independent TD and Right2Change campaigner and nine co-defendants were acquitted at Dublin District Court.

They had pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a Garda's direction to leave the vicinity of a protest. Two of the TD's co-defendants also had charges for obstructing gardaí.