Court hears two gardaí passed confidential information from Pulse system to aunt in data protection case

Two Garda brothers and a civil servant mole illegally passed confidential information on to a private detective agency, a court heard today.

Private investigation firm Eamonn O Mordha & Co Ltd and one of its directors Ann Moore (aged 61), also known as Ann O Mordha, were each fined €10,000 after entering guilty pleas to 12 counts of breaching the Data Protection Act while 25 other charges for the same offence were withdrawn.