Mayo plea for phone cloning probe

A Mayo Oireachtas member has called for a probe into phone cloning.

Senator Paddy Burke elaborated: "I have received a number of calls from people who say they are getting phone calls.

"But when they return the call, the person on the other end says they had not rung. I have received one or two of these myself.

"I wonder about the whole area of the cloning of phones. Who does it?

"There is no record of who rang in the first place but someone is using some carrier and someone else's number to call someone else.

"It could be a dangerous set-up – I do not know – and I ask that the government look into this issue of the cloning of phones to see who is responsible and what are the consequences."