Media reading of bugging report ‘peddles a myth’

Independent TD Clare Daly said that "very defined viewpoints" were taken on the Cooke Report into allegations of bugging at the Garda Ombudsman’s office "to peddle a myth".

Media reading of bugging report ‘peddles a myth’

Ms Daly strongly criticised some media outlets for reporting on just one finding o the 65-page report — that there was no evidence of bugging — hours before it was published.

“The report found it could not exclude the possibility that some form of illicit eavesdropping may have taken place, which is obviously a very different headline,” she said.

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