Decision affirming Quirke’s murder conviction looks set to be the go-to judgment around the law on unconstitutionally obtained evidence
Graham Dwyer
Judges say ‘significant issues of general public importance arise’ in arguments raised in legal action
Data privacy campaigner concerned law permits Minister to get ‘mass surveillance’ orders after private court hearing
Case must raise a matter of law of general public importance or be necessary in the interests of justice, to be heard by Supreme Court
Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection
Helen McEntee made move following court ruling on legal challenge by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer
Amendment will make disclosure of information deemed ‘confidential’ by Data Protection Commission an offence
Department of Justice has ‘no comment’ on allegation by Digital Rights Ireland
Caolan Smyth (30) and Gary McAreavey (55) are asking the court to quash their convictions and to reject phone data as inadmissible
Appeals are likely to have implications for any potential Supreme Court appeal by Graham Dwyer
Case raises issues about correct balance between data privacy rights and effective prosecution of serious crime
Cases involving man convicted of murdering Elaine O’Hara were before five different courts in eight years
Lawyers argued outcome of 2015 trial unsafe but prosecution insisted there was ‘overwhelming’ evidence to support it
Phone call data evidence ‘not that significant’ and was just ‘icing’ on the prosecution case against Dwyer, court said
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