A new report from Index on Censorship looks at whether the Irish courts should dispense with juries in defamation cases
New report: Juries in defamation cases in Ireland
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CATEGORY: Ireland
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
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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...
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...
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
Ireland’s media ownership concentration breeds pessimism
While media observers routinely identify Ireland’s lack of plurality in media ownership, which is among the most highly concentrated in Europe, as a significant concern, there’s considerable disagreement on how to tackle the issue.