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2024-01-09 10:27:24 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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The two councillors in this case had their devices seized as part of an investigation into a recent arson attack, and not because of anything they said. https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/its-a-joke-fianna-fail-councillor-slams-gardai-after-they-search-his-home-in-relation-to-galway-hotel-arson-attack/a2020453703.html Gardai already have the power to seize any electronic device when carrying out a criminal investigation https://www.iccl.ie/archive/a-handy-guide-to-the-phone-snooping-powers-of-the-garda-siochana-ombudsman-commission-gsoc-and-an-garda-siochana/#:~:text=But%20is%20GSOC%20allowed%20to,investigation%20of%20a%20possible%20crime.
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