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Irish Media Law

Irish Media Law. Nora Kirrane. Defamation. Defamation is the false accusation or statement that is harmful to someone’s reputation. . Defamation. Slander is the spoken form of defamation. Defamation. Libel is the written form of defamation. Defamation.

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Irish Media Law

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  1. Irish Media Law

    Nora Kirrane
  2. Defamation Defamation is the false accusation or statement that is harmful to someone’s reputation.
  3. Defamation Slander is the spoken form of defamation.
  4. Defamation Libel is the written form of defamation.
  5. Defamation A defamatory statement does not need to name a person, it just has to suggest a person by their profession, location, connections etc. Example A former Garda commissioner was awarded £30,000 in damages for the use of an image of his ear on the broadcast of a TV program about corruption.
  6. Defamation Example of a defamatory casein Ireland: On a RTE broadcast of Prime Time on May 23rd 2011, a priest was wrongly accused of sexually abusing a teenager and fathering a child. The amount of damages was not disclosed but RTE has agreed to pay compensatory damage and aggravated damage to the priest.
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