Extinction Rebellion activists from Cork to decide pleas on graffiti charge

They were charged after graffiti saying “no more empty promises” was splattered on the front of the Department of Foreign Affairs building

Orla Murphy (left) and Zachery Lumley were arrested on the afternoon of March 19 last. Photo: Colin Keegan

Two Extinction Rebellion activists, who allegedly live-streamed a graffiti attack at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, have been given five weeks to decide pleas.

Orla Murphy, 20, with an address at Ballinacarrig, Whitechurch, Co. Cork and 21-year-old Oxford University biology student Zachery Lumley, from South Lodge Ballinlough, Cork City were arrested on the afternoon of March 19 last.