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# libel - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
'This is not about money, this is vindicating him': Johnny Depp libel trial draws to a close
Depp is suing The Sun newspaper over a 2018 article which labelled him a ‘wife beater’.
# libel - Friday 24 July, 2020
Johnny Depp joked about punching Amber Heard in the face, court told
Johnny Depp has strongly denied allegations of domestic violence against Amber Heard.
# libel - Monday 13 July, 2020
Johnny Depp tells court he got superbug after his finger was severed
Depp is suing The Sun newspaper over an April 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater”.
# libel - Thursday 9 July, 2020
House in Australia left in 'state of complete carnage' after being trashed by Johnny Depp, court hears
The 57-year-old is suing over a 2018 article in the tabloid which labelled him a “wife beater”.
# libel - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
Johnny Depp quizzed on ‘violence’ and drugs on first day of libel trial
The 57-year-old actor is suing the tabloid’s publisher News Group Newspapers.
# libel - Monday 29 June, 2020
Johnny Depp in breach of court order in libel case against Sun newspaper, UK High Court rules
The actor is suing the tabloid’s publisher and its executive editor over an April 2018 article which referred to him as a “wife beater”.
# libel - Sunday 27 August, 2017
Woman awarded €1.2m in libel damages from Independent News and Media to sue former solicitors
Solicitors McCann FitzGerald had represented Monica Leech in three libel actions against the media group dating from 2005.
# libel - Thursday 15 June, 2017
Independent Newspapers appeal over Monica Leech €1.2 million award upheld by European court
The judgement was given by a chamber of seven judges.
# libel - Friday 10 March, 2017
Blogger awarded £24k in damages after suing Katie Hopkins for defamation
Jack Monroe’s lawyer said “the price of not saying sorry has been very high” in this case.
# libel - Tuesday 19 April, 2016
Madeleine McCann's parents lose libel appeal over claims they were involved in her disappearance
Madeleine would turn 13 next month.
# libel - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
‘Mr Amaral said you hid Madeleine’ - Kate McCann's son asked her about disappearance
The McCann’s are suing former police chief Goncalo Amaral for libel.
# libel - Monday 11 November, 2013
Former IBRC chiefs file legal action against Independent News & Media
Alan Dukes and Mike Aynsley have taken issue with the Irish Independent’s report on the IBRC’s Statement of Affairs last month.
# libel - Thursday 19 September, 2013
Kate McCann had 'suicidal thoughts' after Madeleine's disappearance
The McCann family are suing a former policeman over a book he wrote about the missing person case.
# libel - Thursday 12 September, 2013
Kate McCann in Portuguese court for libel case against police chief
The former detective published a book alleging that Madeleine McCann’s parents were involved in her disappearance from a vacation home in 2007.
# libel - Sunday 25 August, 2013
Lance Armstrong pays the Sunday Times back
The publication was forced to give the disgraced cyclist £300,000 in a 2006 court decision
# libel - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Ireland ranks 15th on latest global Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders says Finland has the greatest press freedom, while Eritrea remains at the bottom.
# libel - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Frank Fahey receives large sum and apology in libel action against Associated Newspapers
The former minister took the action over newspaper articles written in 2006, 2007 and 2010, which he said libelled him.
# libel - Sunday 28 October, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Good morning! Here’s nine things to know before your (belated) brekkie…
# libel - Monday 22 October, 2012
Frankie Boyle wins £54k in libel case against Daily Mirror
Frankie Boyle won damages over an article in the Daily Mirror which described him as a “racist comedian”.
# libel - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Court to hear libel dispute between Britney Spears' former manager and mother
The trial is expected to focus on the singer-turned-X Factor judge’s darkest days, but Spears won’t appear herself.
# libel - Friday 5 October, 2012
Philippines: President defends new laws clamping down on online libel
The new Filipino laws mean those who libel others online face greater punishment than those who do so in print.
# libel - Sunday 30 September, 2012
Be gentle, Georgie: It's the sporting tweets of the week
Pancakes, a tax rebate, your preferred TV remote and one half of Wozzilroy is jealous. All human life is here.
# libel - Sunday 26 August, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things you need to know this morning…
# libel - Saturday 25 August, 2012
A 'brutal, brutal, brutal' year but TV3 remains positive about the future
As it launched its autumn schedule, TV3′s programming director Ben Frow and commercial director Pat Kiely talked recession, financial pressures, RTÉ, David Norris and Tallafornia with TheJournal.ie this week.
# libel - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Rabbitte unaware of defamation case 'until weeks before court listing'
Court action concerned remarks made by Pat Rabbitte on RTÉ in 2006 about the charging of Dean Lyons for murders he did not commit.
# libel - Friday 4 May, 2012
'It's more serious than I suspected' - Rabbitte on BAI report
The Communications Minister has condemned the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme, A Mission to Prey, as “a shoddy, unprofessional, cavalier, and damaging piece of work”.
# libel - Monday 2 April, 2012
BAI inquiry into RTÉ and Fr Kevin Reynolds case is complete
However, Authority won’t make any comment or publish the findings as of yet – it is going to RTÉ “for consideration”.
# libel - Saturday 31 March, 2012
Column: David Norris's Privacy Bill recycles a flawed earlier version
Secretary of the Irish NUJ, Séamus Dooley, on his concerns about the recent legislation proposed by a number of independent senators.
# libel - Monday 28 November, 2011
Archbishop: Media must learn from Kevin Reynolds affair
Diarmuid Martin says that while there is no general “anti-Catholic bias” in the media, it must learn from the errors made within RTÉ.
# libel - Friday 25 November, 2011
RTÉ responds to "unsubstantiated" allegations claim
The State broadcaster has set out its reply to claims by the family of the now-deceased Br Ger Dillon that Prime Time made incorrect and unsubstantiated claims about the Christian Brother.
# libel - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
Senior management at RTÉ to step aside during Fr Reynolds inquiries
The producer and reporter on the programme which libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds will also step aside.
# libel - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Government announces inquiry into RTE programme on Kevin Reynolds
Pat Rabbitte announced that the independent inquiry will determine the ‘true facts and circumstances’ which led to the Prime Time programme on Fr Reynolds being broadcast earlier this year.
# libel - Friday 18 November, 2011
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you need to know this morning…
# libel - Friday 8 July, 2011
Paris prosecutors open official investigation into DSK assault claims
Tristine Banon’s claims of attempted rape in 2003 are under official investigation. So will Strauss-Kahn sue for slander?
# libel - Tuesday 5 July, 2011
DSK maid to sue New York Post for labelling her a prostitute
The newspaper is being sued for libel after claiming that the 32-year-old maid was “turning tricks at the hotel”.
# libel - Wednesday 15 June, 2011
Bahrain to sue The Independent over 'one-sided' reporting
The government of Bahrain intends to sue the British newspaper over its alleged “defamatory and premeditated media campaign” against both it and Saudi Arabia.
# libel - Friday 20 May, 2011
Footballer sues Twitter – and possibly you – over superinjunction breaches
The unnamed Premier League footballer behind an injunction over an affair with Imogen Thomas files action against Twitter.
# libel - Thursday 5 May, 2011
# libel - Sunday 13 March, 2011
Liam Lawlor's widow to sue Sunday Independent for libel
Hazel Lawlor claims that the report of her husband’s death in October 2005 caused her “massive trauma”.
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: More meltdown fears in Fukushima, the Fingleton Files, and an unusually busy day at the Dáil bar…
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CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
Promoters described the event as the world’s first socially-distanced gig. Some people thought the layout looked great, while others were not so sure.
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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The former Minister for Health settles action against Newstalk over comments made on air by Nell McCafferty last year.
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