Barry McCaffrey
Call for surveillance commissioner appointment in wake of PSNI snooping scandal
There have been calls for the establishment of a covert surveillance commissioner after it emerged the PSNI secretly searched the phone records of a journalist who was investigating the force.
Police staffing crisis on both sides of the border needs addressed
Police numbers require attention
Concerns raised amid watchdog probe into police access of journalist’s phone
The UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal has initiated an investigation into PSNI surveillance of reporter Barry McCaffrey’s phone data in 2013.
Snooping scandal: Journalist Barry McCaffrey should never have been subjected to PSNI scrutiny
PSNI admits it should have told Loughinisland journalists about review which criticised handling of their arrests
Lyra McKee murder and Loughinisland journalists’ arrests place UK below Israel in new global freedom of expression index
THE murder of journalist Lyra McKee and the arrest of two documentary makers investigating the Loughinisland massacre have contributed to the UK being ranked below Israel in a new global index of freedom of expression.
Amnesty writes to PSNI Chief Constable over damning review into handling of Loughinisland journalists’ arrests
A PSNI review into the arrests of two journalists who investigated the Loughinisland massacre must be published in full, Amnesty International has said.
Barry McCaffrey: How I wanted to thank Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan
Coming face to face with Sir Declan Morgan, journalist Barry McCaffrey tells how, bound by professional protocol, he never got to thank the outgoing Lord Chief Justice for his ruling in the case taken by himself and Trevor Birney over their arrest in 2018, despite an overwhelming desire to do so...