Paul Tweed
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Minister urged to set up committee to examine social media regulation
- Crime & Law
- July 4, 2020, 01:00
A committee to examine the regulation of Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies should be established as a matter of urgency, a leading de(...)

BuzzFeed legal case shows Dublin’s draw for foreign libel claimants
- Media & Marketing
- December 5, 2019, 15:28
Dublin is better known for attracting tech companies than libel claimants. But a US self-help guru’s lawsuit against an American news site has highlig(...)

Self-help guru Tony Robbins sues Buzzfeed in Irish courts
- Crime & Law
- November 27, 2019, 18:23
US self-help guru Tony Robbins is taking a defamation action in the Irish courts against a London-registered company behind news website Buzzfeed UK o(...)

Fifty-one joined as co-defendants in Miriam O’Callaghan defamation case
- Media & Marketing
- April 30, 2019, 19:27
Broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan has obtained High Court orders allowing her to join as co-defendants 51 people allegedly connected to Facebook advertis(...)

Ian Paisley faces 30-day suspension over Sri Lanka holidays
- Politics
- July 18, 2018, 11:58
Ian Paisley was under pressure on Wednesday night to resign as an MP after he faced suspension from the House of Commons for failing to disclose two p(...)

Paddy McKillen receives High Court apology from ‘Daily Mail’
- High Court
- July 3, 2018, 12:11
Developer Paddy McKillen has received an apology in the High Court over a column in the Irish Daily Mail. The paper’s publishers, Associated Newspape(...)

App under development in Ireland aims to silence cyber bullies
- Innovation
- April 12, 2018, 06:15
Getting caught in the crossfire of negative online comment can be distressing at any age, but when directed at children and teenagers the impact can b(...)

Why a celebrity rape trial is a ‘monster that feeds itself’
- Crime & Law
- March 29, 2018, 01:48
If the Belfast rape trial had taken place south of the Border it could not have received nearly as much publicity. In the UK the media are allowed to (...)

Maynooth University cancels students’ visit to Leuven institute
- Irish News
- February 19, 2018, 01:00
Maynooth University has cancelled a visit by some of its students to the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe because of concerns over governance at(...)

Michael Colgan ran Gate Theatre as personal fiefdom for decades
- Stage
- February 9, 2018, 22:22
The parts of the Gate Theatre report which were released on Friday confirm what most people in Irish theatre have long known, that Michael Colgan ran (...)