Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion

Mr. John Purcell:

It is not on the charter but it is just with regard to the chilling effect. Ms McKay mentioned and I am sure Mr. Dooley would echo it as well. Usually when somebody is threatening legal action at a very early stage, the journalist gets it pretty much confirmed that there is a story worth following there as well. That has to be borne in mind. People do act in that way, but it does add that we have to very careful because of the costs.

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