Person: Eoin McKeogh

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Student withdraws appeal in YouTube video case

A student has withdrawn his Supreme Court appeals against various newspapers arising from reports on his dispute over a YouTube video clip falsely accusing him of evading a taxi fare in Dublin at a time when he was in Japan.

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Solicitor seeks €1.9m costs from student and parents

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Student faces over €1m costs in taxi video case

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Duty to monitor sites to be debated in court

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Kildare student takes tech giants to court over defamatory video

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Internet giants seek full trial over defamatory video

Judge gives internet giants one month to permanently remove defamatory video clip

Arrangements must be made within the next month to permanently remove an internet video clip falsely accusing a student of taxi fare evasion, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.

Fri, 17 May, 2013

Dublin student wrongly accused of evading a taxi fare wins case

A Dublin student wrongly branded a taxi fare dodger in a viral YouTube video has won a major victory in a High Court action against tech giants Facebook and Google.

Thu, 16 May, 2013

Cowards who abuse free speech hiding behind anonymity of internet

IT must have seemed like a good idea at the time, when a video using material from a dashboard camera in a taxi was uploaded to Facebook and YouTube showing a guy jumping out of his car without paying his fare.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2012

Court denies injunction to DCU student

The High Court has refused an application made by a DCU student to place an injunction to stop six national newspapers from identifying him.

Sun, 22 Jan, 2012

Student back in High Court in bid to prevent being named in video case

A 22-year-old is back in the High Court today in a bid to stop six national newspapers from naming him over a video he claims defames him.

Sat, 21 Jan, 2012