Gardaí undertake not to access editor's phone information

The Garda Commissioner has undertaken not to examine or otherwise attempt to access information on the phone of a newspaper editor as part of an investigation into incidents at a repossessed house in Strokestown, Roscommon, the High Court has heard.

The undertaking will remain in place until a full hearing of Emmett Corcoran's action against the commissioner and the DPP over Thursday morning's threatened search of his home to obtain the phone despite his assertion of journalistic privilege over material on the phone.