Speaking at the first day of the Labour Party conference in Cork, Labour leader Ivana Bacik said that it was 'perfectly acceptable for a political party to take action' as she defended her party sending legal warnings.
Labour leader Ivana Bacik has defended her party sending legal warnings to several newspapers warning them against publishing an article about a party adviser.
Ms Bacik later spoke at an Anti-SLAPPs Conference in Trinity College on Thursday. A SLAPP is a “strategic lawsuit against public participation”. They are typically used in a bid to prevent people from publishing information and are often seen as a “warning”.Ms Bacik previously criticised the use of defamation cases by Sinn Féin and Mary Lou McDonald saying that it “concerns me somewhat to see extensive use of the defamation laws by elected representatives”.
She said: “In terms of letters, I don't engage with anonymous, untrue and defamatory alleged letters.” She continued: “I think it's very valid for any political party to take issue with journalists who seek to rely entirely on an anonymous and anonymous alleged letter, but also untrue and it is defamatory.The three-day conference in Cork will debate 86 motions in total, with a strong focus on housing ahead of Labour’s motion of no confidence in the Government next week.
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