Concern over laws to stop gardaí talking to media

Sweeping laws criminalising the disclosure of information by gardaí to the media should be re-examined, according to the National Union of Journalists.

The call from Seamus Dooley, the Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists, follows the release of a garda arrested on suspicion of unlawfully disclosing information to the press.

Mr Dooley called for a culture of openness in the Garda Siochána and said the way to do that was “not to clamp down” on the release of information.