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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Former Mid and East Antrim Council chief Anne Donaghy convicted of two charges over FoI email deletion www.irishnews.com/news/norther... #FOI #localgov

Donaghy's defence contended she had been concerned about Dame Arlene's personal email address getting into the public domain, as there had been an issue with information being leaked from the council.

However the prosecution argued an audio recording from Donaghy's assistants' Live Scribe pen, during which Donaghy is heard saying "Oh no" when told the FOI team had a copy of the email to Dame Arlene, indicates she had not known a hard copy of the email existed.

Delivering her judgment, Judge McSorley said the question is whether Donaghy had intended by deleting the email to erase a record.

She found Donaghy had been concerned about the perception that she was close to the DUP, and was under mounting political pressure by the point she ordered her personal assistant to delete the email to Dame Arlene.

The judge noted Donaghy's response in the recording to being told of a hard copy of the email was among factors that led her to the "irretrievable conclusion" she had intended to prevent the email being disclosed.

7:19 PM · Aug 26, 2026

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Bryn Morgan @brynmrgn.com · 26/08/2026

↪ Replying to @owenboswarva.bsky.social

Are people still using LiveScribe pens?

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There's something amusing about the way in which Donaghy was seemingly caught out by the combination of council staff printing out emails and other staff incidentally capturing her reaction on smartpen audio

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