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Refine your searchIRIS 2018-9:1/25 [IE] Jury determines public broadcaster 35% liable for defamatory comments made during programme | |
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On 21 June 2018, the important High Court judgment in Kehoe v. RTÉ was published, which held that a jury in a defamation trial may apportion liability between a broadcaster and a programme contributor, even where the contributor is not a party to the case. The case concerned Nicky Kehoe, a member of the Irish political party Sinn Féin, and a former elected local official. The case centred on an October 2015 edition of the current affairs programme ‘Saturday with Claire Byrne’ broadcast live by the public broadcaster RTÉ. The edition at issue featured the presenter and two contributors, namely... |
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IRIS 2018-8:1/32 [IE] Decision on public broadcaster’s impartiality | |
On 27 June 2018, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) issued a notable decision on a public broadcaster’s compliance with impartiality rules in its coverage of the possible imminent resignation of a government minister. By a majority, the BAI Executive Complaints Forum found that the RTÉ current affairs programme, where the minister in fact resigned the following day, had not infringed requirements of the Broadcasting Act 2009 nor the BAI Code of Fairness, Objectivity and Impartiality in News and Current Affairs. The decision concerned Claire Byrne Live, a well-known current affairs programme... |
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IRIS 2018-8:1/31 [IE] Data Protection Act 2018 enacted | |
On 24 May 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018 was enacted following publication of the Data Protection Bill in February 2018 (see IRIS 2018-3/21) and the General Scheme of the Bill in May 2017 (see IRIS 2017-7/22). The purpose of the 2018 Act is to give further effect to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (GDPR), which became applicable in all member states on 25 May 2018 (see IRIS 2018-6/7). While the GDPR is directly applicable, a number of its provisions require member states to enact domestic legislation, and 25 May 2018 was also the deadline for member states... |
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IRIS 2018-7:1/22 [IE] BAI Report on the effect of Access Rules | |
On 16 May 2018, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) published its Report on the Effect of the BAI Access Rules. The BAI’s Access Rules set down quantitative and qualitative requirements in respect of the provision of subtitling, Irish Sign Language and audio description, which broadcasters are required to meet (see IRIS 2016-9/21). Under Section 43 (c) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, the BAI is required to develop Access Rules that set out the specific steps that each television broadcaster must take to promote the understanding and enjoyment of television programmes by those who are blind... |
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IRIS 2018-6:1/25 [IE] Broadcasting Authority finds that media group’s ban on Irish Times journalists raises no compliance issues | |
On 28 March 2018, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) concluded its consideration of a ban imposed by an Irish media group on journalists from the Irish Times newspaper from appearing on any of its stations. It follows a complicated controversy arising from a programme broadcast in September 2017, and has resulted in four decisions from media regulators. The issue arose on 6 October 2017, when Communicorp Group Ltd., an Irish media group which holds five broadcasting licences with the BAI (including the broadcasters Newstalk FM and Today FM) published a statement confirming that “no Irish... |