Isaac Adams, a 19-year-old, appeared in court charged with criminal damage for spraying manure slurry across Ballymena ahead of its inaugural Pride parade.
Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, TD stressed that this criminal damage to State property, which is owned and managed by the OPW, is shocking and unacceptable.
Bligh told the BBC: "We've done this because there's no hope for the world. We've done it on Darwin's grave specifically because he would be turning in that grave because of the sixth mass extinction taking place now."
Gardaí are investigating a criminal damage incident in Shanakiel, Cork, with no reported injuries. Later, a motorcycle collided with a pedestrian, leading to non-life threatening injuries for the pedestrian.