Social Democrat co-leader Catherine Murphy and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty TD on the plinth of Leinster House following yesterday’s Supreme Court victory.
Further to Denis O’Brien’s loss in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Michael Clifford in The Irish Examiner writes:
‘Mr O’Brien was looking to assert what he saw as his rights as a citizen in a democracy. His action was based on asserting a principle.
The 19 individuals [who had their private data removed from email servers in Independent News And Media and taken to the Isle of Man where the data was “interrogated” and costs covered by a company controlled by Mr O’Brien, Blaydon Ltd,] all of whom are undoubtedly people of high principle, will more likely be interested in receiving monetary compensation rather than a legal declaration.
If they can prove their case, they will be entitled to be well-compensated for a breach of their privacy. In such an eventuality, the money will have to be paid out by INM.
It would be something of a bitter irony for Mr O’Brien if, as the main shareholder, he had to stump up for a privacy breach on a court ruling, having experienced, in his own case, a ruling that his privacy was legitimately breached in parliament.’
Yesterday: Dismissing Denis
Previously: We Shall Fight Them On The Breaches
Meanwhile…
Flashbackageddon!
The first in a bowel-loosening series of emails from Denis O’Brien’s solicitors after the posting of Ms Murphy’s speech in the Dáil, May 26, 2015.
Good times.
Previously: [REDACTED]’s 1.25% Interest Rate
interesting (ish) that they would sign the letter “william fry” [who has been dead for more than a century]
Should have been his grandson, Philip J.
woop woop woop
Not really. The company is called William Fry. Standard practice, innit.
Tis, aye.
what did i say about contradicting me in public?
hmmm?
Go for it, sweetcheeks, said you. Belittling me makes me HAWT.
Did I misunderstand?
This brings up an interesting question, related to your posting of that solicitor’s letter and the related article in 2015. I believe it was mentioned then, but I do not recall reading a definitive answer, which may now be more available.
If a TD or Senator has Absolute Privilege and makes statements in the Dáil or Seanad on matters covered in the public domain by a court injunction, are media outlets allowed to report that, so long as it is verbatim, or are they restrained by the injunction?
Given Dáil and Seanad proceedings are open to the public in various means including transmission via television, surely print and other media outlets should be allowed to do so as what they are reporting is not the issue, but rather the proceedings in either House of the Oireachtas.
Curious to know opinions on this. Any word from Legal Coffee Drinker?
Slightly Bemused, the courts later confirmed a few days later that outlets can report.
Ah, I must have missed that at the time. Good to know.
Thanks for getting back to me :)
Not at all. Pleasure.
“bowel-loosening series of emails”
Actual lol. Thanks Bodger.
Conflict of interest,ah stop it’s Ireland,nice that Finn Gael retained his lawyers and paid them over a million in fees for NAMA work….
‘Tenth on the list of Nama’s highest legal earners are William Fry Solicitors with total fees of €1,184,227 paid to them from 2010 to the end of 2016‘
https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/arthur-cox-tops-list-as-nama-pays-law-firms-39m-in-fees-35975225.html
Wow! Tenth highest?
You’re scraping the barrel there Johnny.
‘hould your horses there Cian
An’ steady your guns bhoy
Conflict of Interest
Go to my LinkedIn and read a article
“Understanding Conflict”
I think that’s what it’s titled
It’s Wm Fry that MAY have a conflict
Fee Influence
Trap their fee income for the year
And test it
Big 4 is usually capped at the 8%ish mark before they have to declare a CoI
Incidentally
This
Is why the Social Democrats
Deserve our attention and support
Not their back office stuff
Same goes for Sinn Fein btw
+1
Is there a person named “William Fry” in the legal practice of WILLIAM FRY and if not
who in the practice signed the letter as William Fry and why did they not use their
own name and signature, What is the view of Ken Murphy of the Law Society on
all of this,,,,,,,,he hardly signs his correspondence other than Ken Murphy.
I worked at William Fry as a Legal Secretary – it was standard practice for the lawyers to sign off as William Fry rather than their own names.