Limerick council fined for installing CCTV cameras with no lawful basis

Among its findings, the DPC found that cameras had been installed at nine Traveller halting sites around the county without a legal basis.

A CCTV camera installed on the corner of Glentworth St and Catherine St in Limerick. Picture: Press 22

Limerick City and County Council has been hit with a €110,000 fine and a reprimand by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) regarding its use of CCTV cameras across the county.

In the culmination of an investigation lasting more than three years into the council’s CCTV practices, the DPC found it to be in breach of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 50 separate instances.