MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance

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MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance

Thu Jul 23 2026

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The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to a former BBC journalist, Vincent Kearney, following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources