Ms Lisa Carroll became the first anti-bin tax campaigner to be released from prison when she left the Dóchas Centre at the Mountjoy Prison complex yesterday morning.
Ms Carroll was jailed for one week, instead of two, because she was breast-feeding her child.
Yesterday she said she was glad to be home and praised the governor and staff in the prison for facilitating her in every way. She did not believe the prison experience had a negative effect on her two-year-old child, who had spent the nights with her.
Ms Carroll said she would continue to support the anti-bin tax charge campaign but did not know what form that support would take.
Speaking on behalf of the remaining eight female prisoners, Ms Carroll said they made no apologies for the stand they had taken. "It is a disgrace that mothers, grandmothers and working women are in jail for protesting against an unjust law.
"We are PAYE taxpayers who pay most of the tax and are responsible for less than two per cent of the waste generated in society," she said.
Meanwhile, protester Mr Joe Mooney said yesterday he was unsure of the action he would take, following his injury by a local authority truck on Tuesday.
Mr Mooney had been blockading the entrance to the Collins Avenue depot when the incident happened.
"I'm sore and bruised but basically I'm fine now," he said. Mr Mooney gave a statement to gardaí at Whitehall Garda Station and said he would wait to see how the situation unfolded before deciding if he would seek legal action or not.
He spent some time at the Collins Avenue depot yesterday and said he would continue to support the campaign.
The Dublin City manager, Mr John FitzGerald, said he regretted the incident with Mr Mooney and was investigating it.
