Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Committee on Public Petitions

Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will submit this quickly. A Scottish newspaper sued a person, either on the person's website or Facebook, I am not sure which, for republishing its article by putting up a link to it. I guess there is a role for Mr. Feeney's office there. I would hope that the Press Ombudsman's office would be used as a precursor to any litigation for defamation and that that in some way would mitigate and reduce the outrageous awards that are made. I thank Mr. Feeney for his time.

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