Trial delay for Cork Extinction Rebellion activists accused of graffiti attack on Govt building

An initial estimate given in court was that repair could cost up to €10,000. However, it was later revised to €4,300

(Left to right) Climate activists Zachery Lumley and Orla Murphy who were both granted bail. Photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The trial of two Extinction Rebellion activists over a live-streamed graffiti attack at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin has been delayed for gardaí to take more statements.

Gardaí arrested 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, on the afternoon of March 19 last.