The Garda Commissioner has undertaken not to examine or otherwise attempt to access information on the phone of a newspaper editor as part of an investigation into incidents at a repossessed house in Strokestown, Roscommon, the High Court was told on Friday. Mr Corcoran is editor of the Democrat newspaper which is based in Strokestown and circulates in Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford. On Thursday, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan granted him an interim injunction, returnable to Friday, preventing gardaí going through his phone records. The court heard it may be possible to transfer data on Mr Corcoran’s confiscated phone to another one. Mr McGillicuddy, for the commissioner, said that possibility could be looked at and any proposals his side had in that regard would be communicated to Mr Corcoran’s side.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2019 14:15 UTC