Varadkar says personally suing journalists designed to ‘make them think twice about what they write’
In the Dáil on Wednesday, Mr Varadkar said suing a journalist personally was only designed to do “one thing” - “it’s designed to make journalists afraid, it’s designed to make them think twice about what they write, and I think it’s wrong”.
“As you know these lawsuits involve public figures, powerful individuals or rich corporations taking vexatious cases against media, activists or indeed members of the public in an effort to muzzle their critics,” she said.Róisín Ingle: Dissecting my 84-year-old’s mother’s love life over Sunday lunch“It is particularly concerning when journalists are personally sued in addition to the publisher as these cases can be financially ruinous.
Ms Cairns was speaking after the Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Bay South, Chris Andrews, lodged defamation proceedings in the High Court against The Irish Times and its political correspondent, Harry McGee. Among the matters covered in the article were comments by Mr Andrews on social media about the events in Israel which included his responses to a tweet from the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
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