Both Revenue and the Central Bank have contracts with an intelligence company behind controversial phone cracking technology and with deep links to Israel’s intelligence apparatus, The Currency can confirm. An analysis of State tender and procurement data shows that Revenue paid Cellebrite’s UK subsidiary €56,000 in 2025, while the Central Bank made a payment of €30,300 in 2023 to the digital intelligence firm. The Currency also recently confirmed that the Corporate Enforcement Authority has a Cellebrite contract, while An Garda Síochána is a long-term Cellebrite client. Cellebrite is an Israeli company with deep links to the country’s military and intelligence…

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