Fine Gael climbdown in row over garda facial recognition technology
Gardaí want to use the technology to help them solve crimes and trace missing persons
Hugh O'Connell
Fine Gael has been forced to climb down in a long-running coalition row with the Greens over giving gardaí powers to use facial recognition technology (FRT) to investigate serious crimes.
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