Data breach ‘no barrier’ to September hearing of McGrail Inquiry, but election looms

Archive image of former police Commissioner Ian McGrail [pictured right] arriving at the Garrison Library for a preliminary hearing of the McGrail Inquiry, alongside his lawyers Adam Wagner [centre], and Charles Gomez.

19th July 2023

A data breach last year affecting documents relating to the McGrail Inquiry presented “no barrier” to proceed with the main hearing scheduled to start late September, a preliminary session of the inquiry was told on Wednesday. Confirmation came during the fourth preliminary hearing of the inquiry, held in the sweltering upper reading room of the...