Lunney investigation phone data obtained with invalid warrants, defence lawyers argue

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 9 June 2021, defence counsel challenged the validity of search warrants used to obtain mobile phone data in the investigation of Kevin Lunney's abduction and assault in County Cavan in September 2019. Michael O'Higgins SC argued that the warrant application contained insufficient information to justify seizing phone records linked to his client and that the warrant was…