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Email Deletion Conviction Shocks Council | Cork News
Former Mid and East Antrim Council CEO Anne Donaghy was convicted on two counts for deleting an email meant to block a Freedom of Information request about Larne Port security under the Northern Ireland Protocol—sent to then-First Minister Arlene Foster in 2021. She was cleared of a third charge, as was former council director Aaron McClelland on a related email deletion attempt. Judge Alana McSorley ruled the deletions were intentional efforts to conceal public safety information, sentencing Donaghy to £750 per charge—totaling £1,500—in fines, underscoring that transparency and…
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