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Company awarded €40,000 for defamatory online reviews
The High Court has awarded €40,000 to a gas and plumbing company for defamatory reviews posted online by a disgruntled customer. Delivering an judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Conleth Bradley remarked that the untrue words describing the company “as ‘cowboys’, ‘gangsters’, ‘absolute con men’ and that the ‘gardai’ were ‘investigating the removing of […]
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Peter Casey awarded €140,000 after defamation by anti-immigration activist
Peter Casey, the well-known businessman, entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate, has been awarded €140,000 in damages by the Irish High Court after being defamed on Facebook by anti-immigration activist Kim McMenamin. The court ruling, delivered by Mr Justice David Nolan, underscores the grave consequences of spreading defamatory content online and serves as a reminder of […]
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Journalist Kitty Holland awarded €35,000 in defamation case against ex-colleague John Waters
The judge said the defamation by Waters has been careless and reckless of Holland’s reputation.
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Three Lose Defamation Claim
Three Dublin men, who claimed they had been wrongly accused of attempting to leave a restaurant without paying for their food, have each lost €75,000 claims for defamation of character and ordered to pay the restaurant’s legal bill. Judge Jennifer O’Brien said today in the Circuit Civil Court that while she accepted defamatory words had […]
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Quantity surveyor says Ryanair wrongly banned him for being ‘disruptive’ on a date when he did not fly
A quantity surveyor has claimed before the High Court that he has been defamed by and wrongly banned from flying with Ryanair. The action has been brought by Eoin Michael Cahill who says the airline has wrongly accused him of engaging in disruptive behaviour on a date which he neither travelled on a Ryanair flight […]
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Q&A: defamation claims in Ireland
A look at some of the pertinent issues relating to defamation cases in Ireland and the relevant case law.
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Runaway jury
The proposed abolition of the legal right to trial by jury in High Court defamation proceedings strikes not just at an ancient legal right, but also at the concept of the participation of the public in the administration of justice, argues Mr Justice Bernard Barton.
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High Court: Former MMA fighter fails in application to restrain Conor McGregor from describing him as ‘a rat’
The High Court has refused an application by a former sparring partner and friend of Conor McGregor seeking to restrain Mr McGregor from describing him as “a rat”. The plaintiff claimed that the insult meant that he was an informer and a person who betrays another. The application was brought pursuant to section 33 of […]
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Aer Lingus pilot whose €387,000 defamation award was cut on appeal to €76,500 has had it increased again by Supreme Court
AN AER LINGUS pilot whose €387,000 defamation award by a jury was cut to €76,500 on appeal has had the award upped to €202,500 by the Supreme Court.
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ECtHR: Romanian tennis star fails in Article 8 case over tax story
A former tennis player who claimed a newspaper had defamed him in a story that mentioned his tax affairs has failed in his Article 8 appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
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Ronan Keating agrees phone-hacking settlement at High Court
The Irish singer and TV presenter claimed his voicemail messages had been intercepted by News of the World publisher News Group Newspapers.
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RTÉ asks court to strike out damages claim made by politician Joe Costello
RTÉ HAS ASKED the High Court to strike out a damages claim brought against it by Labour politician Joe Costello on the grounds it is bound to fail.
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