A civil servant, Yevgen McKeeffe (46), is set to face a non-jury trial in Ireland in relation to allegations that he leaked information to a foreign country. He is originally from Ukraine but has Irish citizenship. The charges relate to alleged breaches of the Official Secrets Act.
According to the reporting, McKeeffe is accused of acting in connection with a foreign country “handler,” though details of the alleged communications and the specific information involved are not set out in the available summaries. One outlet describes the matter as being brought before a non-jury trial in the Special Criminal Court, while another similarly characterizes the case as a non-jury proceeding over suspected leaks.
Both accounts agree on the identity of the defendant and the central allegation of leaking information in breach of the Official Secrets Act, with the court process described as non-jury and handled through Ireland’s Special Criminal Court framework.
