Ireland Updates Espionage Laws | Cork News

Cork News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

Ireland’s government is moving to modernize its outdated espionage laws after the country’s top security watchdog, George Birmingham, issued a strong call for legal guardrails on surveillance of lawyers, journalists, and politicians. With Taoiseach Micheál Martin backing the push, agencies agree that any monitoring must be “appropriate and proportionate,” especially after seeing troubling precedents in Northern Ireland. Birmingham is also urging a full overhaul of the 1963 Official Secrets Act, noting that Britain and Australia have already updated theirs. Expect new legislation soon to cover…