"A prominent anti-immigration campaigner who was involved in a physical altercation with a political rival during the 2024 general election campaign has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for what a judge described as an "atrocious incident.""
"Philip Dwyer (58), a self-styled citizen journalist of Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded not guilty at a sitting of Bray District Court to a charge of affray, contrary to Section 16 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994."
Philip Dwyer, a 58-year-old anti-immigration campaigner and self-styled citizen journalist from Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght, Dublin 24, was involved in a physical altercation with a political rival during the 2024 general election campaign. A judge described the incident as an "atrocious incident" and imposed a three-month suspended prison sentence. Dwyer pleaded not guilty at Bray District Court to a charge of affray contrary to Section 16 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. The case centers on public order and electoral period tensions linked to anti-immigration activism.
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