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'Widespread abuse' of Garda phone powers, claims whistleblowers   https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/widespread-abuse-of-garda-phone-powers-claims-whistleblower/35880363.html A second Garda whistleblower has made serious allegations of widespread abuse by Garda intelligence of the powers surrounding the accessing of phone records, the Irish Independent can reveal. The officer has claimed that tens of thousands of phone records were "unlawfully obtained" and that over a period of years retired gardaí routinely accessed people's records without proper authorisation. According to correspondence seen by this newspaper, the whistleblower claims that she repeatedly raised her concerns about the processes surrounding the accessing of phone records but was ignored. The whistleblower was attached to a highly sensitive section known as the Telephone Liaison Unit (TLU). The TLU is tasked with approving applications for phone calls and text messages to be traced as part of...

  13,000 people accused of sexual offences not prosecuted by DPP in last 10 years? https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/13000-people-accused-of-sexual-offences-not-prosecuted-by-dpp-in-last-10-years-1787933.html 13,000 people accused of a sexual offence were not prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the past decade. The new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the DPP pursued around one third of sexual offence files submitted to it by gardaí. The figures show just over 6,300 suspected sex offenders were prosecuted out of over 19,600 accused people. Insufficient evidence was listed as the main reason behind the majority of the decisions not to prosecute. However, there is a relatively strong conviction rate for people who were prosecuted, with about three quarters of cases in the past decade resulting in a conviction, in either the District, Circuit, or Central Criminal Court. Rape survivor Ciara Mangan said the figures show the "gru...

 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41762735.html https://www.clare.fm/news/it-was-creatine-after-all-as-judge-directs-release-of-west-clare-man-from-prison/ A 30-year old west Clare man spent five weeks on remand in prison due to an incorrect initial Garda test which wrongly determined that the white substance found at his home was cocaine. In the case before Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett commented “it was Creatine after all” before directing Robbie Walsh’s release from Limerick prison. This followed Sgt Frank  O’Grady  confirming to the court that the State was withdrawing the two drugs charges against Mr Walsh after further analysis undertaken on the white powder substance by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) in Dublin found “it is not cocaine”. Mr Walsh  turned 30 at Limerick prison last weekend and in the case, Mr Walsh was charged with the possession with intent for sale or supply of cocaine with an estimated street value of €22,232 a...