Monday, January 05, 2026

Digital Searches in Ireland: Garda Powers Bill published

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The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has published a draft Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill , with huge implications for digita...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Police powers to demand passwords - Poptoshev v DPP

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Does a law violate the privilege against self-incrimination by requiring an individual to reveal a device password when a search warrant is ...
Friday, May 03, 2024

Irish state spyware and the law

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In 2022 the European Parliament PEGA committee adopted a damning report on the use of spyware across the EU , following growing evidence of ...

Data retention in Ireland: When European law meets national recalcitrance

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I've just finished writing a chapter on data retention law in Ireland for a forthcoming collection edited by Eleni Kosta and Irene Kama...
Friday, November 10, 2023

The "essence" of the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection in the context of state surveillance

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The EDPS has just published a comprehensive study by Prof. Gloria González Fuster on the essence of the fundamental rights to privacy and to...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Issues with the new Garda Powers Bill

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I have a piece in today's Irish Times which identifies some serious concerns with the new Garda Powers Bill. Here's an excerpt: The...
Saturday, February 08, 2020

The GAA and the GDPR

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I have a piece in the Irish Times today discussing the kerfuffle about GAA clubs using WhatsApp to communicate with members. It may be the ...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

The new Irish ban on social media posts from court

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I have an opinion piece in the Irish Independent on the new practice direction restricting social media posts from the courtroom . Here...