Anti-terror law ‘risks breach of human rights’

IRELAND’S new anti-terror laws carry a “significant risk” of breaching individual human rights, the State’s human rights watchdog has said.

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) said the Terrorist Offences Act may also be contrary to the European Convention of Human Rights.

The act, signed into law last week by President Mary McAleese, greatly expands the definition of a terrorist offence and gives significant new powers to gardaí.