{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/683ecd187f561ae5711904b8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jim O’Callaghan Plans to Reform Defamation Legislation in Aftermath of Gerry Adams’s High Court Victory - 03/06/2025","description":"<p>A current defence strategy in defamation cases — which has yet to succeed — is to be strengthened under proposals from Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan.</p><p><br></p><p>A law lecturer in Trinity College Dublin said no defence under Section 26 of the Defamation Act 2009 — which allows publishers to argue publication was fair and reasonable and in the public interest — has ever succeeded in this country.</p><p><br></p><p>Eoin O’Dell said that no Section 26 defence has ever succeeded in this country, and Eoin spoke to us on The Agenda this morning about this.</p>","author_name":"lmfm "}