“Irish defamation cases are increasingly replete with comments stating the need to balance the constitutional right to freedom of expression with the constitutional right to a good name. Article 40.6.1(i) of the Constitution protects ‘right of the citizens to express freely their convictions and opinions’; whilst Article 40.3.2 provides that the ‘State shall … by its laws protect as best it may from unjust attack and, in the case of injustice done, vindicate the … good name … of every citizen’ …” (more)
[Eoin O’Dell, Cearta, 14 September]
First posted 2020-09-15 16:15:23
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