Comreg can search data seized from Eir, court rules

The parties have been engaged in a legal battle after the regulator seized an ‘extraordinary’ amount of material in May 2023

Eir provided evidence saying it had found thousand of documents

The communications regulator has been authorised to conduct a search of data seized from Eir, a High Court judge has ruled.

Mr Justice Michael Twomey said Comreg was the best party to conduct a search of data it seized from Eir and that otherwise the very purpose of its seizure powers would be “undermined”.

Comreg and Eircom have been engaged in a legal battle after the regulator seized an “extraordinary” amount of material from the ...