Kevin Lunney case: Barrister criticises Government failure to act on mobile phone data

'Day of reckoning" had now come over State's failure to legislate on how gardaí  can access mobile phone data, counsel argues

Kevin Lunney has told the court that he was bundled into the boot of a car near his home and driven to a container where he was threatened and told to resign from Quinn Industrial Holdings. File picture

A barrister representing one of the men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has criticised the Government's failure to legislate on how gardaí can access mobile phone data.

Michael O'Higgins SC told the Special Criminal Court that the State had decided to "shrug their shoulders" following various court rulings and reports since 2012 which revealed problems with the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. He said a "day of reckoning" had now come over the State's failure to act.