Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty made an erroneous claim during Leaders’ Questions that Frank O'Rourke had sued for libel.

Just prior to the general election in February 2020, then Fianna Fáil TD Frank O'Rourke found out about a leaflet doing the rounds trying to discredit him. He is still fighting a court case seeking justice

Former Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North Frank O’Rourke is suing Twitter and Facebook for hosting posts in the run-up to last February’s general election which he claims were highly defamatory and based on complete falsehoods

Former Fianna Fáil TD Frank O’Rourke has been granted permission by the High Court to add 'persons unknown' to defamation proceedings he has brought over social media posts made in the run-up to last year's general election.

The court heard an internal investigation at Facebook Ireland tried to locate the post or who was responsible for it but was unable to do so.