Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It probably has a lot to do with it because it is judge and jury in a lot of cases. People can run off and make up their own minds on different things and highlight people in a different way. They are afraid then to report it because they have already been judged online. That to me is a significant issue. We can see things coming up on social media now, and people saying "did you hear this, such a person has died, such a person has done something." We hear the following day that it was only a false article. Worldwide we are looking at these things, stories about people in big positions who are said to have passed away, and next thing we find out it is false. This is a huge issue in reporting and it should also be tackled within the system.

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