Cork anti-lockdown campaigner vows to continue protests despite arrests

Diarmaid Ó Cadhla says he has 'no choice but to stand up and be counted', and will continue to protest the lockdown despite being arrested last week

The protest on St Patrick's Street in Cork City centre on Saturday which was addressed by Diarmaid Ó Cadhla. Picture: Larry Cummins

An anti-lockdown campaigner who addressed an event in Cork at the weekend plans to stage another protest today, despite his arrest at a similar event last week.

Diarmaid Ó Cadhla, speaking to approximately 300 people at an anti-lockdown event on Cork's main street on Saturday, urged people to not pay Covid-19 fines and claimed that daily cases are falling because of 'sunshine'.