Youths who broke a teenager's fingers in south county Dublin told him not to mess with lads from their school again

Tom McDonnell (62), a self-employed builder and father of five from Lakeside Park, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was elected as an independent councillor for the Newbridge local electoral area of Kildare County Council this summer.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said the government would be taking a victim-led approach.

Niall Murphy, 39, who had an address at Carysfort, Downs, Blackrock, in south Co Dublin, was ordered to live at a new address when he was granted bail on Monday

A previous attempt to secure planning permission for the project was quashed by order of the High Court two years ago.

A 'Do Not Swim' notice has been put in place until Wednesday

The case asks the court to overturn An Bord Pleanála’s approval of the 8.3km road project from Blackrock to Dublin City Centre