[1][2][3] He is a self-styled citizen journalist, earning approximately €500 per annum from this,[4] and has been a regular participant and speaker at anti-immigration protests across Ireland in 2022-23.

[12] Dwyer faced criticism when he laid a wreath from "the Men of Ireland" at the grave of Ashling Murphy, the Tullamore schoolteacher who was killed in January 2022.

[15][2] The Phoenix reported that Dwyer was seen as a rival to Justin Barrett's leadership of the party, having "built up a vibrant following with his live-streaming and Men of Ireland hikes".

[16] Dwyer was a participant in anti-immigration protests at East Wall, Dublin in winter 2022, where he filmed live streams warning against the "invasion of Ireland".

[12] Attention was drawn by TheJournal.ie to Dwyer's profits generated from his activism when Blighe promoted his Telegram and YouTube channel at the anti-immigrant protests in Finglas.

He makes money from PayPal, YouTube superchat and he has a Subscribestar page offering "exclusive digital content" for a monthly fee.

[21] Dwyer spread a false rumour on 23 November that a girl who had been stabbed prior to the Dublin riot earlier that day had died.

[29][30] Dwyer has reportedly shared more than a dozen antisemitic posts on Telegram, some claiming that Jews control the Western world, that immigration is a Jewish plot, and that "Judaism at it’s [sic] core is about the Genocide of non-Jews".

Giving evidence in his own defence, Dwyer stated that he was delivering a package while working as a courier for Pony Express when he noticed the flag, and approached the crèche in a his capacity as a citizen journalist in order to have a robust conversation, however he strongly denied using the word "paedophilia" and disagreed that his behaviour caused a breach of the peace.

On 19 September 2024, Judge Patricia McNamara dismissed the charges against Dwyer, ruling that the threshold for a guilty verdict had not been met.

[38] In February 2025, he was convicted of failing to follow a garda's direction to leave the area; he was fined €500 and given a two-month suspended sentence.