So far, 14 individuals have filed legal actions against Independent News and Media (INM) over the alleged data hacking of journalists, barristers and former staff at the media group in 2014. Individuals whose emails are alleged to have been removed from INM and interrogated over a number of months, including former chief executives Gavin O’Reilly and Vincent Crowley, are suing for breach of privacy and on data protection grounds. This was said to have been done on the direction of former INM chairman Leslie Buckley. In order to pursue their cases effectively, they have argued they need to use evidential…

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