High Court permits gardaí to examine newspaper editor's phone

The judge refused to grant Emmet Corcoran and his company orders quashing a search warrant forcing him to hand over his phone when gardaí arrived at his Strokestown home. Picture: Pexels

A High Court judge has ruled gardaí are entitled to carry out a limited examination of the contents of a mobile phone seized from the home of a provincial newspaper editor as part of their investigation into a violent incident at a repossessed house in Co Roscommon.

The ruling means gardaí can access calls, texts, social media messages, photos, videos and other information on the phone between December 11 and 17 2018.