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

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, defence counsel for Gerard Hutch challenged the admissibility of audio recordings captured by a garda surveillance device, arguing that the authorisation process was tainted by inadequate disclosure and operated under a restrictive approach to information-sharing. The recordings, made on 7 March 2016, captured approximately ten hours of conversations between Hutch and…