Garda use of spy powers down 60% since Graham Dwyer case

Garda use of controversial spying powers has dropped dramatically over the last two years following a landmark High Court case involving convicted murderer Graham Dwyer. Picture: Collins Courts

Garda use of controversial spying powers has dropped dramatically over the past two years following a landmark High Court ruling in December 2018.

That decision, stemming from a case taken by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer, declared that the State’s power to access telephone data for the investigation of serious crime breached European laws.