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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...