Anti-lockdown protester jailed for 'cowardly' assault of Izzy Kamikaze

“I thought I was about to die,” Ms Kamikaze said in her victim impact statement

Judge Martin Nolan described the attack by Louth man Michael Quinn (pictured) on Ruth O'Rourke, AKA Izzy Kamikaze, in September 2020 as cowardly. File photo: Collins Courts

A man who used a wooden post to strike a woman on the head during an anti-lockdown rally last year has being jailed for two years.

Judge Martin Nolan described the attack by Louth man Michael Quinn (30) on Ruth O'Rourke, AKA Izzy Kamikaze, in September 2020 as cowardly. He said the behaviour of Quinn and his associates after the attack was reprehensible.