Opinion
Daniel McConnell: Non-jury defamation trials are a must for a viable and independent Irish media
The legal sector may resist, but the call to end jury trials for defamation is logical and pragmatic
For many years, newspapers in Ireland have operated under the chokehold of some of the most stringent defamation laws anywhere in the western world.
The real and chilling impact of such restrictive laws is that we as journalists are severely hampered in our ability to hold people to account.
In more recent times, the current government has brought forward updated and improved defamation legislation which is aimed at modernising and improving the landscape.
The bill ...