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Court of Appeal affirms its jurisdiction to grant access to ambient digital audio recordings (DAR) for criminal investigation purposes, specifically allowing the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) to obtain the ambient DAR from a courtroom incident, on the grounds that the ambient DAR, capturing events after the judges had risen due to disruptions, constituted a record of proceedings and that providing access to GSOC was both necessary and proportionate for the investigation of alleged criminal offenses.
Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) - Court of Appeal - ambient digital audio recording (DAR) - criminal investigation - Garda misconduct - courtroom incident - data protection - privacy rights - legal professional privilege - public order offense - constitutional rights - inherent jurisdiction - Rules of the Superior Courts - Data Protection Act 2018 - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - necessity and proportionality - audio evidence - judicial independence.
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