Legal News (Media Law)

The Court of Appeal recently (4 May 2017) gave judgment in a case concerning defamation by TV3 of a solicitor, Mr David Christie. In the High Court Ms Justice O’Malley had awarded damages to Mr Christie in the sum of €140,000.

A recent case provides a further reminder of the need to be responsible when commenting on social media websites.

David Phelan discusses the media law context around a recent Circuit Court award of damages for online defamation.

The media team at Hayes provided legal advice to Touchpaper Television, producers of Charlie - a major three-part drama based on the life of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey.

Did you know that nearly 500 million tweets are sent every day? Twitter along with other forms of social media, whether to your liking or not has become a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of modern day society. Twitter provides a global platform to all its users to voice their thoughts and opinions, however valuable.