# Surveillance

All time

Increased testing demand and an IT legacy issue - What's behind the current lag in reporting Covid-19 cases?

As many as 4,000 additional positive test results have been received which are not yet included in the official case count.

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Jan 1st 2021, 3:44 PM

# covid19

HSE's disease surveillance centre receives €3m funding boost for 43 permanent roles

The HPSC is Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases.

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Dec 21st 2020, 12:05 AM

# Abuse

What happened to the HSE's proposal for its own undercover investigations in care homes?

Back in 2014, then director general Tony O’Brien said it was time to look at these sorts of measures to protect vulnerable clients.

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Oct 26th 2019, 10:00 PM

# China

China defends bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown as 'correct' policy days before 30th anniversary

Hundreds, or possibly more than 1,000, were killed, although the precise number of deaths remains unknown.

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Jun 2nd 2019, 10:26 AM

# Prison Service

'Mind-boggling': Department can't say whether payments to firm were for surveillance of prison staff

The prison service paid two private security companies over a two-year period.

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Feb 15th 2019, 6:20 AM

# Surveillance

Trump demands review into claim FBI spy infiltrated his presidential campaign

The US President tweeted his intentions today.

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May 20th 2018, 8:14 PM

# Gangland Crime

Covert Garda units to patrol Dublin boxing event this weekend in wake of murders

It is understood that tight security will be in place at the Citywest event.

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Feb 1st 2018, 12:10 AM

# Surveillance

Trump's national security team to be quizzed over Russian influence on election

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before a Senate panel tomorrow.

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Jun 7th 2017, 11:36 AM

# protection

There are at least 24 Hutch family members who are potential targets of an attack

Gardaí believe they know who was behind the murder of Michael Keogh.

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Jun 3rd 2017, 6:05 AM

# They're watching

Kellyanne Conway on surveillance through phones, TVs and 'microwaves that turn into cameras'

The White House aide says she was not talking about Donald Trump’s baseless claims about spying by Barack Obama.

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Mar 13th 2017, 10:38 PM

# Espionage

WikiLeaks releases over 8,000 documents 'hacked from CIA'

The files appear to show the CIA wanted to subvert software products and use them as surveillance devices.

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Mar 7th 2017, 4:19 PM

# Courts

Man found with explosives on bus in Dublin is jailed for 7 years

Patrick Brennan pleaded guilty to possessing four blocks of TNT and explosive detonators.

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Feb 6th 2017, 5:20 PM

# fly tipping

Night vision CCTV to monitor illegal dumping hotspots in Wicklow mountains

The move aims to combat the worsening fly tipping problem in the region.

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Nov 1st 2016, 6:03 PM

# Trouble Brewing

Wikileaks is planning to publish a trove of new documents about the US election

Founder Julian Assange is claiming there is a ‘McCarthyist’ effort against him, particularly by Hillary Clinton.

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Oct 4th 2016, 12:41 PM

# being watched

Men jailed after being caught 'red-handed' with loaded guns and a can of petrol

They were caught following a three-day surveillance operation.

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Mar 16th 2016, 4:49 PM

# North Carolina

Judge accused of asking an FBI agent to spy on his family in exchange for free beer

“No no no. You’ve had to take time. And I’m glad to do something…”

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Nov 6th 2015, 11:55 PM

# Bienvenue

MEPs vote to welcome "human rights defender" Edward Snowden in Europe

Irish MEPs voted 6-4 in favour of the resolution, which Snowden himself has called a “game-changer.”

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Oct 29th 2015, 7:38 PM

# Kildare

Two children among six injured in crash involving car under garda surveillance

A two-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl have been taken to Tullamore Hospital.

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Sep 27th 2015, 7:45 PM

# Surveillance

Leaked emails show Irish Defence Forces held talks with controversial hacking company

Hacking Team sells viruses to repressive governments, but the Defence Forces say they never bought anything.

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Jul 9th 2015, 11:10 PM

# Surveillance

The NSA can't listen to people's phone calls - for now

Intelligence officials have warned the development could jeopardise Americans’ safety.

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Jun 1st 2015, 8:55 AM

# Macho Man Randy Savage

WATCH: Presidential candidate Rand Paul's new ad is the most American thing ever

Fire-breathing American eagle? Check. “Royal Rumble” voice-over? Check.

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May 29th 2015, 8:50 PM

# Part 2

State surveillance: What the government and Gardaí don't want you to know

Part Two of TheJournal.ie’s two-part series on state surveillance in Ireland.

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May 17th 2015, 10:01 PM

# part 1

State surveillance: How Gardaí and others can secretly monitor you

Part One of TheJournal.ie’s two-part series on state surveillance in Ireland.

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May 17th 2015, 10:00 PM

# hold your whisht

British spy agency might be able to tell when you say 'craic' or 'Dublin' on the phone

And “Belfast”, and “Seán” and “pub.”

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May 5th 2015, 5:40 PM

# All that junk

Edward Snowden says the US government has access to your nude photos

“The bad news is that they’re still collecting everybody’s information -including your dick pics.”

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Apr 6th 2015, 2:41 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you support gardaí using drones?

A crime fighting tool too far?

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Jan 17th 2015, 9:36 AM

# Surveillance

The HSE has NOT abandoned plans to use CCTV in care homes

They have come to a junction because of privacy issues, however, and are now seeking expert advice on how to move forward.

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Jan 13th 2015, 5:19 PM

# Week in Web

Weird Wide Web: A sexist Barbie book, a handy spy tool and Russians watching you right now

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

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Nov 23rd 2014, 11:30 AM

# 007

This handy new tool could stop a government from spying on you

Amnesty International said Governments are increasingly using technology to access activists and journalists’ private emails and computers.

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Nov 20th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Rise of the Machines

NSA cyberwarfare system designed to 'fire back' without human clearance

Edward Snowden made the revelations in a comprehensive interview with Wired.

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Aug 13th 2014, 5:07 PM

# Outbreak

Rwanda tests German student for Ebola

The results will be available in 48 hours, the country’s health ministry said.

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Aug 11th 2014, 7:40 AM

# SNOWDEN

Snowden granted three-year residency in Russia, with permission to travel

“In the future Edward will have to decide whether to continue to live in Russia and become a citizen or to return to the United States,” his lawyer said today.

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Aug 7th 2014, 2:46 PM

# Privacy

Microsoft loses appeal over email data stored in Ireland

Judge rejected Microsoft bid concerning the provision of email information on servers in Ireland to US authorities.

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Jul 31st 2014, 9:35 PM

# Spying

CIA chief apologises to US Senate intelligence committee for agents hacking its computers

The agency’s director had previously dismissed allegations of CIA spying on committee investigators.

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Jul 31st 2014, 7:14 PM

# Surveillance

US Bill introduced to end NSA's bulk collection of phone records

If enacted, the legislation would be the most significant change in the wake of Edward Snowden’s information leaks.

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Jul 29th 2014, 10:40 PM

# Snooping

UK rushes emergency laws on phone and data surveillance

It will ensure that security services can continue accessing internet and mobile phone data.

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Jul 10th 2014, 4:37 PM

# cooke report

Verrimus "reassured" by judge's recommendations in GSOC 'bugging' report:

The company said that it was never part of its remit to uncover the source of any possible surveillance threat.

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Jun 12th 2014, 8:51 PM

# cooke report

Here's what Alan Shatter has to say about the GSOC 'bugging' report

The former Minister for Justice said that retired Judge Cooke’s dealing with the matters in the report was in the public interest.

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Jun 11th 2014, 8:02 PM

# who said what

We'll have to "wait and see" who leaked GSOC 'bugging' information - Fitzgerald

The justice minister said that at least seven people had access to the information that was leaked to the media.

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Jun 11th 2014, 11:22 AM

# BUGGING

Taoiseach's office has GSOC bugging report but he hasn't seen it yet

The Taoiseach is not likely to see the report until Monday as he is currently on a trade mission in California.

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Jun 6th 2014, 10:40 PM