Comment by piltdownman

Sadly jurisdiction has nothing to do with it.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/uk-spy-base-g...

This is not just a case of the British intelligence services secretly “tapping into” Irish telephonic and internet traffic via land and maritime cables. Rather in most cases they are being provided free (or commercial) access to the information by companies associated with the use, ownership or maintenance of these cables.

Post-Snowden the Irish government retroactively legalised it...