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Computer Crimes

Irish Criminal Law Journal - Volume 15, No.1, 2005 1
Computer Crime in Ireland: A critical assessment of the substantive law
T.J. McIntyre B.C.L., LL.M., B.L., Lecturer in Law, University College Dublin.
Introduction
Irish law on computer crime is an afterthought. The principal
offences in this area are contained in the Criminal Damage
Act 1991 and the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences)
Act 2001: in both cases, the offences have been tacked on
to an Act whose primary focus is elsewhere, and in both
cases the drafting reflects this lack of attention. In addition,
the offences are beginning to show their age: recent
technological developments have resulted in new threats
and responses which do not fit easily into the existing law.
Some reform of the law is overdue, and in any event will
be necessary if Ireland is to implement the Council of
Europe Convention on Cybercrime and the (proposed)
Council Framework Decision on Attacks Against
Information Systems.......


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