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The High Court awarded costs to the Information Commission and the Garda Commissioner of an unsuccessful appeal seeking access to records of An Garda Síochána stops and searches, affirming the Information Commissioner's decision that the records requested did not constitute "administrative records" related to human resources and were thus not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information legislation.
Freedom of Information Act 2014, An Garda Síochána, stops and searches, administrative records, human resources, statutory appeal, public interest, Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, costs application, exceptional public importance, Information Commissioner, Garda Commissioner, transparency, accountability, judicial review, Rules of the Superior Courts (RSC 1986).
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