Warrant breached newspaper editor's rights, court hears

Emmett Corcoran Pic. Gerard O’Loughlin

The constitutional and European Convention rights of a provincial newspaper editor were breached when gardaí got a search warrant for his home and seized his phone, it has been claimed before the High Court.

The seizure took place as part of an investigation into violence following a home repossession in Stokestown, Co Roscommon, in December 2018.