Ireland: : High Court rejects application to remove court report from media website

• Autores: Ronan Fahy
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 4, 2016
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On 8 February 2016, the High Court delivered its judgment in Philpott v. Irish Examiner Limited, concerning (a) the circumstances where a court will order the media to cease further publication of a defamatory statement, and (b) the defence of absolute privilege for “fair and accurate“ court reporting.

    The case arose following publication of two articles by the Irish Examiner newspaper in 2015, headlined “Former CEO loses case against hospice,” and “Ex-Marymount Hospice executive’s legal case resolved.” Both articles reported on a court action taken by a hospital official against his employer, following the official’s dismissal. The articles included the statement that the official “was dismissed from his post in February after seven months for ‘significant interpersonal difficulties’ between him and other staff members.”