Comments on: Defamation Bill slopes towards enactment

By: Libel Tourists - Is Ireland selling what they’re buying? | cearta.ie

Libel Tourists - Is Ireland selling what they’re buying? | cearta.ie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:22:23 +0000

[...] realm of public figures, then the similar but more tentative Irish common law developments or the partial statutory equivalent proposed in the Bill are hardly likely to pass muster either. And if these [...]

By: The Defamation Bill and the red herring school of debating | cearta.ie

The Defamation Bill and the red herring school of debating | cearta.ie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:54:07 +0000

[...] problems with that defence have been discussed in an earlier message on this site. Many of them would have been resolved by the amendment to [...]

By: John Cannan

John Cannan — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:37:24 +0000

Just out of curiosity to one on the other side of the pond (and a total novice when it comes to Irish law), doesn’t this run afoul of the constitutional requirement allowing people to voice their own opinions?

By: Fergus O'Rourke

Fergus O'Rourke — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:23:14 +0000

As you may know, Eoin, I believe that we need to tighten, not loosen, the media laws, taken in the round. (That last phrase is intended to signify my recognition that some of the current law is unreasonably restrictive.) I disagree with the thrust of your argument here, but I do not believe that comments to comments is a suitable way to have a debate. I will therefore either post on my own website, or else take this discussion to the IrishLaw e-mail list (open to all, folks, from www.irishlaw.org – no relation, by the way). Yet more parenthetically still, I really think Usenet is the ideal medium for such debate.

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