Partners of the Platform call on Irish authorities to continue to prioritise media freedom and better protect journalists.
Platform on Safety of Journalists demand reform in Ireland following anti-SLAPP conference
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CATEGORY: Ireland
New report: Juries in defamation cases in Ireland
A new report from Index on Censorship looks at whether the Irish courts should dispense with juries in defamation cases
25 years of the Good Friday Agreement
Why others locked in seemingly intractable disputes should look back on the events of 10 April 1998
SLAPPS: A Threat to Our Freedom of Expression and Our Democracy
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are brought by powerful and wealthy entities against public watchdogs in an effort to compel them to withhold or remove critical coverage, even if it is accurate and in the public interest....
Major new global free expression index sees UK ranking stumble across academic, digital and media freedom
A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression is published today
1972: Nixon went to China, BBC banned McCartney and Index was published
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You may have heard that the 70s were different. In 1972, when the first issue of Index magazine was launched, no one knew that 20 years later there would be an influential economic bloc called the European Union....
What price press freedom in Northern Ireland?
Journalists continue to be threatened as tensions escalate in the province
BuzzFeed legal case shows Dublin’s draw for foreign libel claimants (The Irish Times)
Dublin is better known for attracting tech companies than libel claimants. But a US self-help guru’s lawsuit against an American news site has highlighted what critics say is the Republic’s emergence as the new global hub for defamation cases. ......
Editor calls for renewed investigation into murder of Irish journalist Martin O’Hagan
An editor at the Irish newspaper, the Sunday World, calls for renewed investigation into journalist’s murder.
Ireland: Irish Times journalists banned from Communicorp airwaves
Staff from the Irish Times will no longer appear on Ireland’s only two national commercial radio stations, Newstalk and Today FM