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- The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ordered MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to each pay £10,000 to journalist Vincent Kearney for unlawful phone data collection.
- Lawyers said seven operations (2006-2018) accessed Kearney’s communications; the PSNI ran four and compiled a profile with his car registrations and family names.
- PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher apologized, noting procedural changes after the 2024 judgment on journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney.
