Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of James LawlessJames Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is public participation, something that has been said. If I take a jar of pickles off the shelf in my local Spar store, the manager calls out "Stop, thief" and I sue him stating I will throw in a claim for €1 million, that is obviously not a SLAPP. Must it be a public pronouncement, usually or possibly political, or a journalist either questioning of authority or something of that nature?

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