EU data law is restricting criminal investigations, says oversight judge 

Mr Justice George Birmingham said: 'The reality is that there may be little that the Government or the Oireachtas can do about it, other than advocating for change at EU level, but the situation is, in my view, less than satisfactory.' File picture: Moya Nolan

EU law is largely preventing access to key phone communication evidence, potentially hampering garda investigations, Ireland’s new security oversight judge has said.

Criminal investigations would be “disadvantaged” in cases similar to the Graham Dwyer murder without such key phone evidence, according to George Birmingham.