Court hears man accused of breaking Official Secrets Act told gardaí: 'Everyone was reading files'

A post room worker the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) accused of disclosing sensitive information told gardaí he raised security concerns about people reading files in work, a trial has heard.

A post room worker accused of disclosing sensitive information when he worked in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) told gardaí he had raised security concerns about people reading files, a trial has heard.

Service officer, Jonathan Lennon, 35, from Clonee, Dublin 15, denies breaking the Official Secrets Act in connection with criminal proceedings resulting from the 2013 murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly during an internal feud in the IRA.