Garda call-taker who accessed information on herself pleads guilty

The solicitor described her as a decent person who had no previous convictions, who really liked her job and was getting on well in it, before and even in the year since this occurred.

“A NAIVE and completely non-criminal” action by a 999 call-taker at a Garda station saw a young probationer civilian employee, who is now being prosecuted under the Data Protection Act, access data about herself and then share it with family and friends via Snapchat. Picture Dan Linehan

“A NAIVE and completely non-criminal” action by a 999 call-taker at a Garda station saw a young probationer civilian employee, who is now being prosecuted under the Data Protection Act, access data about herself and then share it with family and friends via Snapchat.

That was how defence solicitor Frank Buttimer described the actions of 33-year-old Carrie Blake, of Meadow Avenue, The Meadows, Hollyhill, Cork, who pleaded guilty to the offence.