He said he went to video a 1916 proclamation event at the GPO. He said the proclamation was “dear” to him.
A YouTuber with more than 700,000 subscribers has been cleared of breaking Covid lockdown laws after a judge accepted he had a media exemption.
Mr Leahy, 51, of Dolphin House, Rialto, South Dublin, pleaded not guilty to a charge for breaking the stay at home laws under the Health Act. It had been amended to include measures for preventing, limiting, minimising or slowing the spread of Covid-19. His acquittal by Judge John Hughes followed submissions from defence counsel Emer Ni Chuagain. She argued that as the channel owner and a broadcaster, he was part of the media category of essential workers with an exemption.. He said the proclamation was “dear” to him.He also had a separate case pending challenging the legality of the laws brought in during the crisis to halt the spread of Covid.
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