Gavin Pepper will not have to pay legal fees incurred by Pepper Finance in a High Court action taken by the debt purchasing firm against the Dublin City councillor, a judge has ruled

On Friday, Brian Conroy SC, for Pepper Finance and its managing director Ian Wigglesworth, outside whose west Dublin home Mr Pepper filmed for social media posts, said the defendant had agreed to an order prohibiting filming any Pepper Finance staff.

Dublin councillor said he had sent a letter to Pepper Finance lawyers agreeing not to attend the homes of staff of the company

Cllr Pepper said he wanted time to challenge it "because they are making out that I am a bad guy"

The injunctions against independent Ballymun/Finglas councillor Gavin Pepper (no connection to Pepper Finance) also restrain such activity against members of the family of MD Ian Wigglesworth, who has five children, including one with Down Syndrome.