Ireland Named in reporting
Christopher Byrne
Born 1996, from the ages reported. 6 reports across 2 cases, 15 Jul 2024 to 19 Feb 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1996, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Affray, Public order (violent protest, Criminal damage, Assault on gardaí)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 6 reports, 15 Jul 2024 to 19 Feb 2025
- Outlets
- leinsterexpress.ie, thejournal.ie, irishmirror.ie, rte.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for affray at Coolock protest in Dublin Affray · Co. Dublin
Christopher Byrne, 29, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February 2025 for affray arising from a scuffle at an anti-immigration protest at the former Crown Paints factory on Malahide Road in Coolock on 6 April 2024, in which he pushed and shoved Newstalk journalist Paul Connolly. Byrne was arrested on 29 April 2024 and charged with affray, theft of Connolly's iPhone 14, and violent disorder. He pleaded guilty to the affray and to a separate assault on a prison officer at Mountjoy Prison in March 2023. The judge imposed a 21-month sentence for the affray, consecutive to a three-year term for January 2023 offences and a concurrent two-year sentence for the prison officer assault.
Sentenced, 19 Feb 2025Convicted, accused · 3 reports - Five more charged over Coolock public order incident, 45 arrested Public order (violent protest · Co. Dublin
Violent clashes between anti-asylum seeker protesters and gardaí erupted at the former Crown Paints factory on Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17, on 15 July 2024, with petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks thrown, a JCB digger destroyed, and a security guard hospitalised. Nineteen people were arrested that day, and 15 were charged with public order offences and appeared before a special sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice on the night of 15 July, where they were released on bail. The investigation continued with searches on 16 July recovering incendiary devices, and by September 2024 the total had risen to 34 arrests and 26 charges. In May 2025 a teenager was arrested as the 40th suspect, and in September 2025 five more individuals were charged, bringing the total to 45 arrests.
In court, 15 Jul 2024Accused · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Christopher Byrne, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 19 Feb2025Jail for anti-immigration protestor who assaulted prison officerconvicted, Christopher Byrne, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Christopher Byrne
- 24 Sep2024Man charged with theft of journalist's phone at protest at former Crown Paints siteaccused, Christopher Byrne, 27, named, irish (judged from name)Christopher Byrne
- 13 Aug2024Man accused of violent disorder at Coolock protest allegedly had journalist's stolen phoneaccused, Christopher Byrne, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Christopher Byrne
- 17 Jul202415 appear in court following violent clashes at site earmarked for refugeesaccused, Christopher Byrne, 27, named, irish (judged from name)Christopher Byrne
- 16 Jul2024Coolock: 15 people appear in court charged with public order offencesaccused, Christopher Byrne, 27, named, irish (judged from name)Christopher Byrne
- 15 Jul202415 charged in relation to Coolock public order incidentaccused, Christopher Byrne, 27, named, irish (judged from name)Christopher Byrne
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