Mark Tighe

4 days ago | sundayworld.com | Mark Tighe

SEEKING DAMAGES | Natasha Rooney filed a High Court case last week seeking damages over death of her son Seán in 2022Private Seán Rooney was killed while on duty with the UN. Photo: Rooney familyThe mother of an Irish soldier killed in action in Lebanon has taken legal action to sue the State and the United Nations for alleged negligence contributing to his death in 2022.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | John Toner |Paula Mackin |Mark Tighe

Gerry Adams ‘would have settled for BBC apology’ as camp believe ‘political interference’ forced court battleMoney never his motive, sources claim, as public service broadcaster hit by most expensive legal defeat in its historyGerry Adams near his house in west Belfast yesterdayJohn Toner, Paula Mackin and Mark TigheToday at 08:40Gerry Adams would have settled his BBC libel case from the outset for just an apology, sources close to him have claimed.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Mark Tighe |Gabija Gataveckaite

A law lecturer in Trinity College Dublin said no defence under Section 26 of the Defamation Act 2009 — which allows publishers to argue publication was fair and reasonable and in the public interest — has ever succeeded in this country. It comes as Gerry Adams was last week awarded €100,000 in damages after being defamed in a BBC documentary and news article.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Mark Tighe

Finance manager sacked by Sims fertility clinic claims ‘sledgehammer’ was taken to his reputation after he raised governance issuesVincent Carden was dismissed by Sims on October 11, 2023A finance manager who was fired by one of Ireland’s largest fertility clinics has launched a defamation claim against the clinic alleging that false allegations were made against him after he filed a report raising “whistleblower-type” concerns about governance issues.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Mark Tighe

No action after gardaí investigate human trafficking complaint at trainer Tony Mullins’ Kilkenny horse stud Trainer fully cooperated with the investigation and denied the allegation – and DPP dropped the caseTrainer Tony Mullins. Photo: GettyGardai investigated an allegation that a Pakistani worker was brought in to Ireland as part of an illegal human trafficking operation to work in the stables of leading horse trainer Tony Mullins.