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#Leveson: A mixed response to the British Press’s mass indulgence in criminal activity…

Mick Fealty on December 1, 2012, 10:15 am

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Worth waiting for Charlie Beckett to shoot down the idea that reforms in line with the current Irish system would suffice… – Guido has a scathing an op ed in the Sun today (sister paper of the now dead NOTW), noting the paucity of work in the Leveson Report on New Media. And pride of place on his blog this morning is this short paeon to his ‘triumph’: It seems Mr. Staines color was enough to persuade Lord Justice Brian …

Short roundup on the #Savita case…

Mick Fealty on November 15, 2012, 1:27 pm

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With as little comment and ado as possible… – Alex Massie notes the irreducible paradox of how the law as it stands was caught out by circumstance: Clearly, doctors did not think Mrs Halapannavar’s life was in danger. Equally likely: this delay helped kill her. – In the Irish Times, James McDermott notes: It is far better for the Oireachtas to debate legislation in a calm and coherent manner rather than for courts to have to develop the law on …