Mr Blighe is president of the right-wing Ireland First party and is a candidate in the upcoming General Election in the Cork North Central constituency
An election candidate and anti-immigration activist has been found guilty of a single charge of threatening and abusive behaviour in the District Court.
READ MORE - 'Deeply saddened' - Family of millionaire American man killed in top Irish hotel break silence Mr Gomez told the court that he was alone in the building and had ordered an oil delivery from a local company. He said that when the oil delivery truck arrived at about 11 am Derek Blighe approached the driver and spoke to him. Mr Gomez said Mr Blighe then told him “the driver’s not going to give you oil” and the truck left. Mr Gomez contacted the oil company and a second truck was dispatched which arrived at about midday.
Garda Dane Murphy said that when he visited the protest at Abbeyville House later that day the atmosphere was “borderline volatile,” he told the court that Mr Blighe made a caution statement regarding the incident on January 9, 2024 but replied “no comment” to every question he was asked. Judge Roberts said he found the “black and white” attitude towards immigration “hard to understand” especially from an Irish perspective where generations had emigrated and “the vast majority of them illegally.” He said that Mr Blighe’s reasoning was like the film Minority Report where people were found guilty before they had done anything.
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