Rapid changes to phone-snooping laws ruled out by Frances Fitzgerald
Ms Fitzgerald said she wanted the “strongest possible” legal protections in place for journalists’ sources, saying it was of “fundamental importance”that journalists should be able to carry out their legitimate work unhindered.
However, she has given Mr Justice John Murray three months to make recommendations on what changes might be needed to the powers of gardaí, Revenue, Defence Forces and the Garda Ombudsman (GSOC) to access journalists’ phone records without warrant.
