Mary Lou MacDonald suing RTE

I don't know.

The Vardy/Rooney case in the UK is an example of a compo claim, is it not?

There have been many others over the years as well, outrageous defamation cases.

I hope RTE fight this one.

Did she slip on a wet floor in RTE?

Neither Mary Lou nor RTE have what case is about , so it's up to us to decide.

I believe Mary Lou has stated Ryan Turbidy is a lizard person or something like that and RTE are denying it.

Can anyone with any legal knowledge tell me how exactly SHE was defamed?

I didn't hear the piece, but if she was questioned about females being sexually assaulted by ira members, how can she bring a case? They didn't accused her of anything?

I read about it.

The leader of Sinn Féin has initiated legal action against RTÉ.

Mary Lou McDonald has begun legal proceedings against the national broadcaster in the High Court.

It is understood the action relates to a radio interview about a rally organised by the National Women's Council outside Leinster House in early March.

A spokesperson for Sinn Féin said: "This is now a matter in litigation before the courts and it would be inappropriate to comment."

Ms McDonald is being represented by McCartan and Burke solicitors.

A spokesperson for RTÉ said it does not comment on legal matters.

Interesting. From that it's MLMD who is suing RTE, not SF the party as I presumed.

This could get dirty. SF have already mentioned a few times how they want to reform RTE, so this could be the first salvo in a long and messy campaign.

Well, in my household the complaint about RTE is that every time you turn it on, it's odds-on to be a Shinner talking, usually MLMD. So this is the thanks RTE gets for so frequently giving her a platform!

I recall that piece. It was basically about how female government TDs had been shut out by the Women's Council at appearing at some rally. They had Brid Smith on supporting the decision by the council and Regina Doherty on complaining about it. Near the end of the piece Doherty made a claim about SF (which I cannot recall exactly but it was the kind of cheap shot that happens in the Dail the whole time - but I guess they are protected by parliamentary privilege in there).

The reason I even heard the piece is because people were referring to it on twitter saying that it was slanderous and also unfair since SF were not even represented in the studio.

The European Council has mentioned that Ireland's Defamation Laws are far to strict and is used to silence dissent and journalists in fear of them ending up in the courts.

MLMD is a thundering disgrace on this one and let's not forget that she stood up in the Dail and made completely false allegations in relation to others herself, but was protected by Dail privilege so she herself could not be sued

Given that SF are more than happy with them, looks like you should vote for the current government who are committed to reforming them

So this is where Putin got the idea of threatening anyone who help Ukraine with his nukes?