New watchdog will be at odds with our notoriously secretive security services 

Ahead of a major security conference, the Australian monitor of security legislation talks to Cormac O'Keeffe about plans to set up an equivalent watchdog in Ireland

The various security agencies in Australia are governed by extensive laws, which is not the case in Ireland.

If Grant Donaldson is the type of security watchdog Ireland is going to get, our notoriously secretive intelligence services are in for a shock.

His role, as the Australian Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), is supposed to be the model for Ireland’s first ever security oversight body.