The use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the investigation of crime is being expanded to include attacks against Garda members, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has confirmed. The plan to widen of the use of the technology, before it has been introduced in any form in the Republic, is likely to draw criticism. Ms Mcentee said attacks against garda members, and the intimidation they are increasingly enduring while on duty, were now so serious she was including those crimes among the schedule of offences