Careful what you say !!!

Corkbah

Mainly for those that seem to mouth off here quite a bit (lets say … the more opinionated amongst us)

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/website-writer-apologises-to-ryanair-1.1589058

Ryanair has secured another apology from a person who made an anonymous posting on a website about the airline.
A man called Peter Walsh posted the apology on the Pprune.org website and said he had made a payment to charity that recognised the seriousness of the false claims he had made against the airline under the pseudonym ASFKAP.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary. The airline has announced measures to ease stringent travelling conditions for passengers.


Belgian court dismisses Ryanair contracts case
Earlier this year Ryanair secured an order from the High Court compelling Eircom to disclose information to the airline that would assist it in identifying ASFKAP who, it said, had made highly defamatory comments about it.
The court was told that Ryanair had begun proceedings in California, where the website is registered, and had engaged an expert who had discovered the person using the name ASFKAP had IP addresses associated with Eircom.

Proceedings
Ryanair then identified Mr Walsh and instigated proceedings in the High Court. Mr Walsh is understood to live in Ireland but is not thought to be a Ryanair pilot. He was represented in the High Court proceedings by Rennick solicitors, of Dunboyne, Co Meath. A request for a comment from Mr Walsh, submitted through the solicitor’s firm, met with no response yesterday.
A spokesman for Ryanair said it was satisfied the matter had now been resolved and that it would not allow anyone to impugn its “unblemished 29-year safety record, which has been confirmed by the Irish Aviation Authority as being ‘on a par with the safest airlines in Europe’”. A number of cases against other parties are pending in the High Court.
The court was told earlier this year that ASFKAP made a posting on Pprune, (the so-called rumour network for professional pilots) saying: “Can we not have a separate forum for Ryanair narrow escapes, near misses, airworthiness incidents and bullying and harassment issues?”
In his apology Mr Walsh said he had made a number of claims about Ryanair and the safety of its flights and operations which he now accepted were false. “I recognise and accept that I had no basis in fact for making such comments and I unreservedly revoke these false statements,” he said.

so ….. be prepared to be sued if you say anything defamatory …… could this be the end of After Hours ??? … could it mean the end of Boards ??

Lets be honest …. if other people and companies start suing for whats said about them on boards ….many of us are going to be very poor financially.

I love Ryanair, they are the bestest:))

Howard Juneau

Corkbah wrote: »

Mainly for those that seem to mouth off here quite a bit (lets say … the more opinionated amongst us)

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/website-writer-apologises-to-ryanair-1.1589058



so ….. be prepared to be sued if you say anything defamatory …… could this be the end of After Hours ??? … could it mean the end of Boards ??

Lets be honest …. if other people and companies start suing for whats said about them on boards ….many of us are going to be very poor financially.

Well that's the people of Cork for you, all big fat eejits........donation to the St Vincent Dr Paul on it's way

Lando Griffin

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Well that's the people of Cork for you, all big fat eejits........donation to the St Vincent Dr Paul on it's way

Well only 15% of your donation will actually make its way to ............

The Aussie

Corkbah wrote: »

Mainly for those that seem to mouth off here quite a bit (lets say … the more opinionated amongst us)

To be honest there is a world of difference between having an opinion and outright slander, Mr Walsh made up lies about Ryanair's safety record and got rolled for it*









* sucks to be Mr Walsh I suppose...

Corkbah

The Aussie wrote: »

To be honest there is a world of difference between having an opinion and outright slander, Mr Walsh made up lies about Ryanair's safety record and got rolled for it*









* sucks to be Mr Walsh I suppose...

have you read what he said … he asked a question !! (which implied stuff) …its in the second last paragraph …. which is a bit strange becauseI thought you never repeated the comment which was offensive because then you are repeating the libel/defamation.

either way - how many times have people here made accusationsand statements about the Gardai or some person accused of child porn/rape - how many times have people on here made comments that they now regret (now that they could potentially be sued for them)

The Aussie

Corkbah wrote: »

either way - how many times have people here made accusationsand statements about the Gardai or some person accused of child porn/rape - how many times have people on here made comments that they now regret (now that they could potentially be sued for them)

It started off as someone being more opinionated than others, the above is drastically different to someone just mouthing off

Corkbah wrote: »

Mainly for those that seem to mouth off here quite a bit (lets say … the more opinionated amongst us)
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Lol

Fr_Dougal

Corkbah wrote: »

either way - how many times have people here made accusationsand statements about the Gardai or some person accused of child porn/rape - how many times have people on here made comments that they now regret (now that they could potentially be sued for them)

What? Comments like these: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87369107&postcount=190

Corkbah

if the HSE want to come after me for it … I'm more than willing to argue my point ! and back it up with evidence from many court cases (ALL involving staff members of the HSE).

but yeah …. comments similar to that where people are more definitive in their accusations.

Corkbah

is everyone gone to check their history of comments ???

Howard Juneau

Corkbah wrote: »

is everyone gone to check their history of comments ???

No, just yours :P

kowloon

If I was running an airline, false claims about my safety record are the one thing I'd go out of my way to put down instantly.

If Ryanair were not trying to fight claims of this sort I'd be worried their timidity was out of fear that there was evidence to back them up.

NuckingFacker

Corkbah wrote: »

is everyone gone to check their history of comments ???

No, I'm currently burning my pc, parts of my house, the local telephone exchange and several of the Boards servers. I may need more petrol.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Only pussies sue, real men get even.