Anti-immigration activist Philip Dwyer acquitted of breach of the peace over incident at creche [Video]

A PROMINENT ANTI-IMMIGRATION activist who a court heard accused a creche owner of promoting paedophilia and child molestation for placing children’s drawings of a rainbow flag in a window has been acquitted of committing a breach of the peace over the incident.

Philip Dwyer, a self-styled citizen journalist who has been a regular attendant at anti-immigration protests around the country in recent years, was found not guilty of engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour at the Daisy Chain Creche, Eden Centre, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 on 30 June, 2021.

Dwyer (56), a father of three from Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght Dublin 24, denied committing a breach of the peace contrary to Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 at a sitting of Tallaght District Court on Thursday.

The creche owner, Lucy Madigan, gave evidence that she spotted Dwyer filming with his mobile phone while sitting in …