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Laws on Broadcasting/Streaming/Recording Court Cases

  • 17-03-2013 7:45pm
    #1
    68Murph68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭


    Following on from the video taken of a Irish judge.

    I was wondering why exactly there are rules against recording/broadcasting from inside Irish courts.

    Is it more a case of historical reasons prohibiting this or are there any judicial/legal reasons for this?


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  • #2
    Corkbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    I dont know the case video taken from an irish judge - can you give a link. (please)


  • #3
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    I removed the link. YouTube has it. It's not to be reposted.


  • #4
    Corkbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    68Murph68 wrote: »
    Following on from the video taken of a Irish judge.

    I was wondering why exactly there are rules against recording/broadcasting from inside Irish courts.

    Is it more a case of historical reasons prohibiting this or are there any judicial/legal reasons for this?

    there are usually signs on entering the building stating that usage of recording devices are not allowed, so by doing so you are breaking the house rules as it were so, any recordings made would be considered illegally recorded.

    (I'm not legally trained ...but have some degree of common sense)

    As regards why those rules exist ... I have no idea.


  • #5
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    It's classed as a contempt. The charter covers this.


  • #6
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    68Murph68 wrote: »
    Following on from the video taken of a Irish judge.

    I was wondering why exactly there are rules against recording/broadcasting from inside Irish courts.

    Is it more a case of historical reasons prohibiting this or are there any judicial/legal reasons for this?
    Its probably to protect witnesses and members of the jury.


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