Socialist TD Paul Murphy says he plans to “vigorously defend” charges of falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste and one of her advisers.
The DPP has directed that he stand trial before judge and jury along with several others, including two Anti-Austerity Alliance councillors.
Hundreds gathered outside court in support of Socialist TD Paul Murphy who iÂ’s accused of falsely imprisoning the Tánaiste and during a water charge protest in Jobstown in Dublin.
Our courts correspondent Frank Greaney reports: