Politicians to take defamation cases against bloggers and tweeters

A number of politicians are preparing to take legal action against bloggers, tweeters and other online contributors for defamation and harassment.

Media lawyer Paul Tweed says he has several politicians on his books in the Republic who feel some of their online critics have gone too far.

He said a couple of cases would likely go to court but his clients’ preference was just to have their most vicious detractors silenced.