Irish air passenger records to be monitored to tackle terror

Confidential Irish airline passenger records are set to be monitored by a new agency as part of counter terrorism measures.

The Government plans to set up a new body which will involve the gardaí, custom officials and the Revenue Commissioners office as part of Europe-wide measures to tackle the ever-increasing terrorist threat.

In a bid to identify potential jihadi terrorists and to tackle organised crime gangs across Europe, the multi-agency security unit will monitor customer information held by airline companies which is usually confidential.