No jail for Cork Extinction Rebellion activists over 'audacious' graffiti attack

The State had submitted that the defence argument was a 'vandal’s charter'

(Left to right) Extinction Rebellion activists Orla Murphy and Zachery Lumley were each fined €2,000 and both must pay €2,000 in compensation to the State before December 1. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Two Extinction Rebellion activists have been spared jail for an “audacious” live-streamed graffiti attack at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin.

Orla Murphy, 21, with an address at Ballinacarrig, Whitechurch, Co. Cork, and 23-year-old Oxford University biology student Zachery Lumley, from South Lodge, Ballinlough, Cork City, were each fined €2,000 and both must pay €2,000 in compensation to the State before December 1.