Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈

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22 October 2026 17:56

"Allowing untrammelled access to messages as proposed by the minister is surely a mistake [...] such a step brings us further along a slippery slope to the complete absence of privacy, however one understands that term in the 21st century." - Irish Examiner www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourv...

Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈

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21 October 2026 16:58

We brought our Global Encryption Day message to Leinster House today: Tell Jim O'Callaghan & Brussels to scrap their plans to break encryption & protect our privacy & security online. @cdt.org @cdteu.org @nujofficial.bsky.social @nwc.bsky.social @digitalrightsirl.bsky.social @brianhonan.bsky.social

Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈

iccl.bsky.social

21 October 2026 08:49

Today we launch a new @cdt.org poll which finds that the Irish public has “significant and clear distrust” of the State accessing private phone messages. This comes as Minister Jim O'Callaghan plans to give gardai powers to intercept encrypted communications. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈

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19 October 2026 13:11

A bill to deal with the legacy of the Troubles is being discussed in the UK House of Commons today and tomorrow, forming one piece of the jigsaw in addressing the legacy of the conflict. The other piece is Ireland’s parallel legislation, the Legacy of the Troubles Bill 2026.

RTÉ News

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16 October 2026 17:14

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said he would consider a public inquiry into the issuing of allegedly defective gun holsters to gardaí, following calls from the family of murdered Detective Colm Horkan.