“Landed safely.”
“Unquestionably” a serious issue.
A 2021 Supreme Court judgment found that the process lacked some necessary safeguards.
FOI data
“I want to be seen in as good a light in terms of this issue as Helen was.”
And if it must be opposed, it should be opposed on stronger grounds than “the public cannot be trusted”.
Blocked
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan says he knows that currently sentencing around issues like child abuse imagery is “controversial”, and says he is waiting to receive sentencing guidelines from the judiciary.
Despite the ongoing Garda recruitment crisis, there are Garda applicants who are still waiting to be processed 3 years after they initially applied to join the force, with some actually dropping out due to the long wait time, Gript can reveal.
It doesn’t matter how many cops you have, or what powers of search and seizure you give them, if criminals understand that getting caught is just a case of save-scumming, but in real life.
“Shocking.”
“The Minister for Justice needs to make a statement on this”: Gardaí trying to spy on Gript Media is “extremely dangerous and worrying”, Independent Ireland chairman Ken O’Flynn TD has said.