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Maybe this is just my inner American, but what the Irish government is doing is tyrannical. The idea that you must render your secrets to the government just se

Maybe this is just my inner American, but what the Irish government is doing is tyrannical. The idea that you must render your secrets to the government just seems anathema to personal liberty. This must run afoul of some human rights commitments the UK has made, no? And, the doublespeak of the quote you mentioned is absolutely repugnant. Edit: I wrote UK government... I was mistaken and thought of Northern Ireland instead of the Republic of Ireland.

rand49an 5y ago
While I'm sure UK police are after the same powers (or already have them!) Ireland isn't a part of the UK.
- BitwiseFool 5y ago
  My apologies, for some reason my mind went to 'Northern Ireland' as I've come to expect this sort of thing from the UK.
  - HeckFeck 5y ago
    Easily done. The ROI aren't as different from the the UK as they like to think.
    - rusk 5y ago
      England is a very different kind of place to most places I think you’ll find!
- bitdivision 5y ago
  The UK does indeed already have similar powers under RIPA [0]. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Po...
reedjosh 5y ago
It really isn't just the UK (or Ireland) though. Governments everywhere are slowly closing in on privacy and freedom. Unelected global institutions are rising, and their vision of the future is not promising. https://mises.org/wire/no-privacy-no-property-world-2030-according-wef https://mises.org/wire/no-privacy-no-property-world-2030-acc...