Garda bug sought under 'culture of secrecy', Hutch lawyers tell Regency trial

At the Special Criminal Court, defence counsel for Gerard Hutch have argued that a garda audio recording of conversations between Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall should be deemed inadmissible. Brendan Grehan SC submitted that the recording, captured on March 7 2016, was obtained in breach of the Criminal Justice Surveillance Act 2009, as Dowdall's vehicle crossed into Northern Ireland for…