Jobstown six defend use of social media during their trial

One of Jobstown Six has defended the use of social media during the trial.

The six men were acquitted by a jury yesterday of false imprisonment at a water charge protest in Jobstown in Tallaght almost three years ago. The prosecution had accused them of trapping the former Tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser in a car. The hashtag Jobstown-not-guilty had been trending on Twitter during the trial at Dublin's Circuit Criminal Court. Solidarity Councillor Kieran Mahon says they were entitled to stick up for themselves online.