Media committee to hear defamation cases 'exert chilling effect on free speech'
An Oireachtas Committee is set to discuss ways of resolving defamation complaints outside of the courts.
Source: thejournal.ie
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Irish media outlets at risk of closures due to extent of defamation cases against them
Irish media organisations are facing “unwarranted and exaggerated claims for defamation” on an almost daily basis with some newspapers “one half-decent” court action away from being closed down, TDs and senators are to be told this week.
Source: independent.ie
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News industry group calls for 'serious harm' test to be applied in all defamation cases – The Irish Times
Oireachtas media committee hears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalism posed by legal threats
Source: irishtimes.com
Journalists 'being threatened' at public events, TDs hear
THERE is a “growing trend” of people connected to the far-right making complaints about media articles to the Press Council of Ireland, TDs and Senators have been told.
Source: independent.ie
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2023 HAS been another incredibly busy year in West Cork, with plenty of highs and lows experienced across the community and all of it reported on in the pages of this newspaper.Jackie Keogh, Kieran O’Mahony, Martin Claffey and Siobhán Cronin have compiled a news review of the
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