IT Law in Ireland

 The Irish Times reports today that a Garda Drone Unit has been created  for various policing purposes: [Drones] look set to be deployed ini...

Last year the European Data Protection Board commissioned me to write a report on legitimate interest as part of the series of One Stop Shop...

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

I have a piece in today's Irish Times on the approach of the Irish state to privacy. In short: there's a lot of room for improvemen...

I'm very grateful to my colleagues who have signed a letter expressing concern at the growing use of the (supposedly optional) public s...

The High Court gave a very important judgment yesterday ( Independent.ie story ) on the issues raised by the use of a search warrant to sei...

I spoke at the Law Society's 2015 Annual Human Rights Conference  last Saturday about privacy and surveillance online in light of recen...

Irish politicians are getting nervous. Although the government still insists it will serve out its full term , insiders are muttering about...

I have a short piece in today's Irish Independent on the remarkable legal battle between Microsoft and US prosecutors over access to d...

I've waited a while to quote Fr. Dougal McGuire in the national press, but finally got my chance in the Independent: Last week the Ir...

There's a remarkable story in today's Irish Independent about a woman whose criminal charges were struck out - without even a co...

The High Court today gave a significant decision in McKeogh v. Doe and others concerning defamatory material posted through Facebook and Yo...

Kudos to Microsoft for today publishing their first annual Transparency Report setting out details of how often national police forces s...

Last year, following a complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner, I finally received an apology from Carphone Warehouse for multipl...

The recent decision in Nowak v. Data Protection Commissioner will be essential reading for all data protection practitioners as in it th...

Yesterday saw the publication of the Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel which confirmed many of the criticisms made by the fami...