European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders Image: Oireachtas TV European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders Image: Oireachtas TV IRELAND’S DEFAMATION LAWS have led to a situation where media freedom is constrained, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
Speaking to TDs and Senators today, Reynders touched upon a number of points highlighted in the European Commission’s country-by-country report on the Rule of Law first launched last year. Senator Michael McDowell told Commissioner Reynders today that he had begun steps to reform defamation law when he was Minister for Justice in the early-2000s.
“It is important to ensure a balanced approach between the freedom of expression and the right to protection of reputation.”
What's so difficult in asking journalists not to slander people in their writing? How about just telling the damn truth?