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O'Donnacha libel case

  • 31-01-2010 2:23pm
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭


    Does anyone have details of a recent libel case involving a blogger? O'Donnacha was the successful plaintiff. I suspect it was settled out of court.


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  • #2
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    Well then, there are unlikely to be many details! :)

    There are some interesting UK cases on point.

    Tom


  • #3
    eagle_&_bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭eagle_&_bear


    considering Google can only throw up 2 hits and 1 of them is this very thread and 1 other unrelated post, I'd say it'll never make the light of day.

    obviously the only good thing (in a way) is that there hasn't been a shift in the law nor a jurisprudential change in the way the courts deal with libel/slander and/or the new tort of defamation.

    Though it'll only be a matter of time until there's be a modern pronouncement on the new tort


  • #4
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7009820.ece


  • #5
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    Announced settled at €100,000 to Plaintiff (he said, lazily not checking the link above but presuming it says just that). Presumably announcing the apology & settlement was part of the settlement.


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