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While I'm sure UK police are after the same powers (or already have them!) Ireland isn't a part of the UK.

My apologies, for some reason my mind went to 'Northern Ireland' as I've come to expect this sort of thing from the UK.

Easily done. The ROI aren't as different from the the UK as they like to think.

England is a very different kind of place to most places I think you’ll find!

The UK does indeed already have similar powers under RIPA [0].