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On the 9 February 2018, the High Court overturned a finding by the Circuit Court in favour of a former local election candidate, in the first “right to be forgotten” case in Ireland concerning internet postings. In 2014, an election candidate, Mark Savage, had objected to a thread on a website, Reddit.com, describing him as a “homophobic candidate.” Reddit.com is an online discussion website. A contributor to the website called “Soupynorman” had uploaded Mr Savage’s election leaflet which referred inter alia to “gay perverts cavorting in flagrante on the beach in broad daylight” and stated that...

On 6 February 2018, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) upheld a complaint concerning comments made by a programme presenter on 8 September 2017 about the sexual assault of a woman in the UK and issues of responsibility. The complaint concerns “High Noon”, a programme which features current affairs, news and interviews, broadcast daily at noon on a commercial station, Newstalk 106-108FM. The complaint was submitted under Section 48(1)(b) (harm and offence) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 and the BAI Code of Programme Standards (namely, Principle 2 on the “Importance of Context”) The complaint...

On 6 February 2018, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) upheld a complaint in relation to remarks made by a presenter describing a journalist as a “Holocaust denier” as being “unfair” and “likely to mislead audiences as to his views”. The complaint concerns “Morning Ireland”, a news and current affairs programme broadcast each weekday morning from 7 a.m. until 9.a.m. on the public service broadcaster, RTÉ Radio 1. The complaint was submitted under Section 48(1) (a) of the 2009 Broadcasting Act (which deals with Fairness, Objectivity and Impartiality in News Content) and Section 4 of the...

On 13 December 2017, the Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting was laid before the Irish Parliament. The 323-page Report follows an extensive public consultation process, and evidence from broadcasters and platform providers, to investigate possible viable alternative funding models for public service broadcasting. The Report makes a number of notable recommendations. Firstly, the Committee recommends that a broadening of the existing charging regime be expanded to capture every household consuming media, regardless of the technology used. Such a new...

On 1 February 2018, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, launched the publication of the 2018 Data Protection Bill 2018. The Bill will give effect to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR (2016/679), which will become law within the EU on 25 May 2018. The Bill repeals the 1988 and 2003 Data Protection Acts, with the exception of those provisions relating to the processing of personal data for the purposes of national security, defence and the international relations of the State, thereby giving effect to Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with...