Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has defended the decision to publish 99 photographs of “persons of interest” as part of its investigation into the Dublin riots last year. Mr Harris said that An Garda Síochána carried out its own data protection assessment ahead of publishing the images,

The Garda Commissioner has defended the decision to publish 99 photographs of "persons of interest" as part of the investigation into the Dublin riots last year.

An Garda Síochána did not consult the Data Protection Commission (DPC) before it took the unprecedented step of publishing 99 photographs of “persons of interest” as part of its investigation into the Dublin riots last year. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has expressed concern about the release of the images last month.

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