Gemma O'Doherty claims she 'was assaulted by Garda' as third charge added over protest

The former journalist faces a third charge of engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace.

Gemma O’Doherty appeared before Bray District Court on Monday in relation to the incident on the bridge over the main Dublin-Wexford road at Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow, on August 28. File photo: PA

Former journalist, Gemma O’Doherty, is to face an additional charge of resisting arrest during a protest on a footbridge over the N11 in Wicklow earlier this year.

Ms O’Doherty, an anti-immigration campaigner and leader of one of several rival groups opposed to the Government’s restrictions to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, appeared before Bray District Court today in relation to the incident on the bridge over the main Dublin-Wexford road at Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow, on August 28.