An anti-refugee activist has been barred from social media and ordered to stay away from asylum centres after gardai charged him with "incitement to hatred".
The Garda Special Detective Unit (SDU) arrested Graham Carey, 39, of Dunsink Drive, Finglas, Dublin, on Wednesday. He was held at Shankill Garda station under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
Officers charged him at 11.05pm on Thursday night. According to the charge, it is alleged that on January 30, at a place unknown within the State, he distributed, showed, or played a recording of visual images or sounds to stir up hatred. The offence is contrary to section two of the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act.
