Legal challenges likely to new laws that will allow the retention of mobile phone data on security grounds
A legal challenge seems likely to a controversial law which allows the retention of mobile phone metadata and internet source data on State security grounds. The orders were obtained on Monday under the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022. The Act was went through the Oireachtas last summer…
Graham Dwyer to seek fresh appeal
It’s believed Graham Dwyer will seek another appeal against his conviction for the murder of Elaine O’Hara. He lost an appeal against his conviction for murdering the childcare worker in 2012 last month. It’s thought he will now try and use one of the last avenues left for him at…
Verdict expected on Graham Dwyer appeal today
Graham Dwyer should today find out if his appeal against his conviction for the murder of Elaine O’Hara has been successful. He was found guilty of murdering the childcare worker in 2015; however, he claims he was denied a fair trial. By the time Graham Dwyer’s appeal was…
Graham Dwyer appeal against murder conviction to open today
Seven years after being handed a life sentence for murder, Graham Dwyer is due to appeal his conviction later this morning. Earlier this year, he won a significant challenge against a law in relation to the indiscriminate retention of mobile phone metadata. In 2015, Graham Dwyer was found…
Opinion from Europe’s top court could boost Graham Dwyer’s case against State
An advisor to the European Court of Justice has expressed the opinion that the ‘general and indiscriminate” retention of mobile phone data is unlawful. If adopted by the highest court in Europe, his stance will greatly boost convicted killer Graham Dwyer’s legal challenge to the controversial law. In…