A veteran Northern Ireland journalist who says he has been the target of “systematic” state monitoring begins a legal case against the PSNI and the security services in London today.
Vincent Kearney is the Northern Editor of RTÉ News.
He said pre-hearing disclosure has established that the PSNI, MI5 and others tracked his phone data in an attempt to uncover his sources.
The monitoring happened over a period of eight years, up to 2014.
“This case has established that I was the target of a systematic and years-long pattern of law enforcement agencies illegally accessing my journalistic sources and mapping my professional activity,” Mr Kearney said.
“I was…