Court must consider man accused of breaking Official Secrets Act was 'spoofing', judge told

The barrister for a Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) employee accused of disclosing sensitive information has said his client was “spoofing” when he discussed details of an IRA murder case.

In his closing speech in the eight-day trial at Dublin District Court, defence barrister Seamus Clarke SC asked Judge John Hughes to consider his client, a post room worker in the DPP’s building on Infirmary Road in Dublin was spoofing, a waffler and he had tried to create a bigger impression of his role.