Garda use of spy powers down 60% since Graham Dwyer case
Former Garda assistant commissioner Pat Leahy said the legal impasse following High Court ruling in December 2018 had tilted the balance in favour of criminals
Garda use of controversial spying powers has dropped dramatically over the last two years following a landmark High Court case involving convicted murderer Graham Dwyer. Picture: Collins Courts
Wed, 17 Mar, 2021 - 09:18
Cormac O’Keeffe, Security Correspondent
Garda use of controversial spying powers has dropped dramatically over the past two years following a landmark High Court ruling in December 2018.
That decision, stemming from a case taken by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer, declared that the State’s power to access telephone data for the investigation of serious crime breached European laws.