Michael O Toole
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Gerald Kean awarded €160,000 damages for defamation
- High Court
- May 17, 2019, 14:39
A High Court jury, in a majority verdict, has awarded €160,000 damages to solicitor Gerald Kean after finding he was defamed in a newspaper article co(...)

Gerald Kean felt article on Cab visit to office made him look like ‘a liar’
- High Court
- May 15, 2019, 16:44
A jury will begin considering its verdict on Thursday in solicitor Gerald Kean’s High Court action alleging he was defamed in an article concerning a (...)

‘Caitríona Lucas could still be alive, if we had known what we should have known’
- Irish News
- August 25, 2018, 03:00
When Caitríona Lucas responded to a request on September 12th, 2016 to help find a young man missing off the north Clare coastline, she wasn’t aware t(...)

Journalists deny being briefed as part of McCabe ‘smear campaign’
- Crime & Law
- May 14, 2018, 19:56
Five of the 11 journalists whom the former head of the Garda press office said he spoke to as part of a campaign to smear the whistleblower Sgt Mauric(...)

Matt Cooper stays top of Twitter influence list as ‘Irish Times’ dominates
- Media & Marketing
- April 11, 2018, 05:00
Matt Cooper remains the most influential Irish journalist on Twitter while The Irish Times has the highest number of representatives in an index compi(...)

Irish Times writers win seven prizes at journalism awards
- Media & Marketing
- November 2, 2017, 18:33
The Irish Times led the way at the 2017 NewsBrands Ireland Journalism awards, with journalists from the newspaper winning seven awards, more than any (...)

Matt Cooper dethrones Des Cahill from top of Twitter influence list
- Media & Marketing
- March 29, 2017, 05:55
Matt Cooper has replaced Des Cahill at the top of the #murraytweetindex, a ranking of Irish journalists’ influence on the social network compiled by p(...)

Rescue 116 crash: Guard of honour as Capt Mark Duffy’s body is brought ashore
- Irish News
- March 25, 2017
A guard of honour was formed by rescue agencies at Blacksod Pier in Co Mayo on Sunday afternoon, as the body of Irish Coast Guard helicopter pilot Cap(...)

How I saved a pigeon’s life
- Environment
- February 18, 2017, 06:00
A couple of weeks ago, a feral pigeon arrived on my doorstep, and forced me to reconsider some cherished preconceptions. It had been attacked,(...)

Mary Boyle’s sister to complain to GSOC over ‘cold case’ story
- Crime & Law
- July 13, 2016, 17:34
The twin sister of missing Mary Boyle wants an investigation into why information about the case that appeared in the media was not relayed to her fir(...)