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Gemma O’Doherty was arrested while broadcasting live online after she refused to give her name and address to a Garda.
The former journalist can be seen filming two officers removing a banner from a pedestrian bridge in Wicklow.
In the video, which has now gone viral on social media, the controversial Dubliner can be heard saying, “Look at this! Look at this! This is criminal damage.”
Guards were at the scene on the N11 elevated pedestrian bridge in Kilmacanogue after receiving a series of complaints from angry locals, Dublin Live reports.
Pointing his camera at one of the Garda members, he says, “How dare you? Look at this. This is a gangster.”
She asks the guard for his identification number before stating that what he was doing is “criminal damage.”
She tells the officers that they are “cowards and traitors to the Irish people.”
The Garda then asks her for her details, at which point Ms. O’Doherty says, “You won’t get my name and address,” before she turns to walk away.
The guard can be heard yelling, “Give me your name and address now,” at which point the camera turns to the ground and Ms. O’Doherty claims that the Garda is “assaulting” her.
A garda spokeswoman said: “Gardaí was alerted to an incident on the N11 flybridge in Kilmacanogue as a result of a series of complaints received from members of the public this afternoon, Friday, August 28, 2020, shortly after 4pm.
“Gardaí attended the scene and arrested a woman (50 years old) under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. She is currently at the Bray Garda station.
“Ongoing investigations”.
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