'An atrocious incident': Philip Dwyer avoids jail over altercation with political rival

Philip Dwyer claimed he was acting in self-defence when he pushed father of People Before Profit candidate to the ground

Philip Dwyer arriving at Bray District Court, Wicklow last August. Picture: Collins Courts

A prominent anti-immigration campaigner who was involved in a physical altercation with a political rival during the 2024 general election campaign has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for what a judge described as an “atrocious incident.” 

Philip Dwyer, 58, a self-styled citizen journalist of Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded not guilty at a sitting of Bray District Court to a charge of affray, contrary to Section 16 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994.