News publisher group calls for 'urgent completion' of review into Irish defamation laws

News publisher group calls for 'urgent completion' of review into Irish defamation laws

Chairman of NewsBrands Ireland Colm O’Reilly has said it is "in the best interest of democracy that our defamation laws are urgently updated.” File Picture: Andy Gibson

Ireland’s leading representative body for news publishers has called for the "urgent completion" of a Government review into defamation laws.

NewsBrands Ireland says the review of the Defamation Act is now six years overdue.

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