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File of documents related to the drafting of report by Kevin Boyle including copy letter from Boyle to G. Frewin, Chief Registrar of the High Courts, Dublin 2; asking permission to High Court records for research purposes on defamation cases in Ireland (20 May 1986); letters between Kevin Boyle and Conor Brady, Editor, the Irish Times regarding data on instances on libel in the Irish press (19 May - 20 Sep 1986); letter between Prof. Randall P. Bezanson, University of Iowa, discussing research on Libel law; various manuscript research notes by Boyle on Libel and copies of other such research documents.

Files relating to events at this conference, 'Taking Liberties: The Media and the Law', being the annual conference of the Bar of Ireland, including programme of speakers; copy of report 'Reporting of Litigation and Potential Litigation: The Extent and Ap

Copy of a report commissioned by the National Newspapers of Ireland and prepared by Prof. Kevin Boyle and Marie McGonagle, University College Galway. 68 pp (2 Copies). File also includes press cuttings of stories and coverage from various Irish newspapers on issues of libel; press release of briefing on the report by Boyle and McGonagle for various editors of Irish newspapers; comment on the report from Hugh J. O'Flaherty, S.C.; (Sep 1989) and correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others including Marie McGonagle; Mr. Justice Niall McCarthy, offering comment and feedback on the report (6 Jan 1989); Remarks made by Kevin Boyle at the launch of the report; Douglas Gageby, Editor of the Irish Times with Hayes & Sons Solicitors, Dublin; and also minutes of meeting of the Committee on Press Freedom and Libel, (Sep 1994) discussing libel and journalistic standards.

File including responses made by Kevin Boyle and Marie McGonagle to the Law Reform Commission regarding libel law (15 Oct 1991); Submission by the National Newspapers of Ireland to the Law Reform Commission on the Law Reform Commission's Consultation paper on Contempt of Court (2 Oct 1991) and a copy dates 6 Oct 1991; research and notes on contempt of court sent from McGonagle to Boyle (3 Sep 1991, 11 Nov 1991).

Responses from Kevin Boyle and Marie McGonagle to the Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Defamation (31 May 1991);
Submission made by National Newspapers of Ireland made to the the Law Reform Commission on the same matter (22 May 1991);
Further correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others includes with Marie McGonagle (15 Nov 1991)
Michael O'Kane, Editor Sunday Press, regarding comments by Willie O'Dea, T.D. on need for reform of Ireland's Libel laws (24 Aug 1992);
Frank Cullen of the National Newspapers Ireland, further fax correspondence with McGonagle regarding drafts of comment and report on libel; the Hon. Mr. Thomas A. Finlay, Chief Justice of Ireland, Dublin, 15 Jun 1992;
Padraig Flynn TD, Minister for Justice, Dublin regarding the L.R.C. report on defamation (20 Jul 1992);
Mervyn Taylor, T.D., Minister for Equality and Law Reform, regarding comment on defamation law reform (19 Jul 1995).
File also contains a folder including documents entitled 'Background to NNI Defamation Bill, Summary of NNI in-house practice NNI Preliminary discussion document on defamation law reform, a letter from Frank Cullen, NNI, to an Taoiseach Albert Reynolds T.D., regarding reform of the defamation law. (21 Apr 1994),
Copy of text of address made by the NNI to an Taoiseach (3 May 1994) and other documents relating to this submission and case on defamation law reform.

Copy of report, 'Media and Accountability: The Readers' Representative in Irish Newspapers', commissioned by National Newspapers of Ireland and prepared by Prof. Kevin Boyle, University of Essex and Marie McGonagle, University College Galway. (June 1995); an invitation from National Newspapers of Ireland to Prof. Kevin Boyle to the launch of the report, to be launched by Mervyn Taylor, Minister for Equality and Law Reform, Dublin. (12 Jun 1995) and text of comments of Boyle and McGonagle made at the launch of the report. Also press cutting from the Irish Independent regarding the launch of said report.

File includes text of proposal to the National Newspapers of Ireland on self-regulation of the media. (26 Oct 1999). File also includes manuscript notes by [McGonagle] on the issue as well as email between Boyle, McGonagle and also a purchase order to Frank Cullen Communications regarding consultancy on press complaints and defamation research.

File of documents include published booklet, 'Guarding press freedom and your good name', from the Press Ombudsman and the Press Council of Ireland; a copy of document, 'Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals'; some research documents and press cuttings on international press policy and coverage of press related news in Ireland. Also some manuscript notes by Kevin Boyle.

File of assorted press cuttings regarding press, media, law and other such issues in the Irish news. Cuttings include a letter by Kevin Boyle to the Irish Times, written from La Trobe University, Melbourne, regarding Freedom of Information and Broadcasting, concerning a programme broadcast on access to information by relatives of those in mental care institutions (1 Apr 1985); editorial from the Irish Times concerning "Personal Rights, Public Needs" on Law Reform Commission and defamation, (21 Mar 1991); further coverage of Law Reform Commission revision of Irish defamation law (1991); "[Maurice] Manning seeks debate on libel' (8 Feb 1990), mentioning Boyle and McGonagle's report on libel; "Law on Libel to be Reviewed", 7 Dec 1988 (the Irish Press); further coverage of reform of Irish Libel law (1988 - 1990); "Ireland named in first world censorship report'; - regarding coverage of the Article 19 published World Report on Censorship, headed by Kevin Boyle and which makes reference to Ireland (Irish Times, 23 May 1988); "RTE and the unions agree on change - but not money' (The Irish Times, 22 Jan 1992) featuring image and coverage of union and pay issues at RTE.

File relating to the publishing of the book 'Banned in Ireland: Censorship and the Irish Writer' edited by Kevin Boyle, Article and Julia Carlson, University College Galway. File includes numerous reviews of the book taken from Irish and international press and also correspondence between Kevin Boyle and Julia Carlson and also between both and the publisher, Routledge and also the University of Georgia Press; including comments on the proofs of the book, lists of possible reviewers, text of interview with Edna O'Brien by Julia Carlson; letters on the book also from Justice Niall McCarthy, Dublin (3 Oct 1990; fax correspondence between Boyle, Carlson and Routledge publisher regarding a launch for the book in Ireland.