The public relations consultant who came up with the idea of comparing a politician to an 18th century highwayman in a press release told the High Court it was meant as a parody.

An adviser to a former TD suing for defamation has told the High Court he commented in 2014 to then-Taoiseach Enda Kenny over a pint in a pub that a voice in government would be beneficial for Waterford following a poor local election result for Fine Gael.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he wants a review carried out into contempt of court rules and defamation laws.

The court has criticised a system where juries were not given direct guidance about the scale of damages that should be awarded to libel victims.

Monroe tweeted: "It"s taken 21 months but today the High Court ruled that Hopkins statements to/about me were defamatory. I sued her for libel. and I won."

US first lady Melania Trump has refiled a £121 million (€140m) libel lawsuit against the corporation that publishes the Daily Mail's website, this time in New York, for reporting rumours that she worked as an escort.

A conference has heard that Ireland's libel laws need to be changed to avoid the possibility of bankrupting media outlets.

A NEWSPAPER asserting its human rights is, well, news. 

Wealthy people simply cannot understand why their business affairs should be put under the microscope, even when the conduct of those affairs impinges to a great degree on the public interest, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

A former detective has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of euros to the McCann family following a libel case in a Portuguese court.

A judge is to decide whether to grant food critic Helen Lucy Burke disclosure of documents which she says will support her claims that Senator David Norris had an “ambivalent” attitude towards underage sex.